# Nuro Autonomous Prius at Houston: deployment

Canonical ID: `b1b85f52-91a5-4745-aa2e-29f17ab24cbe`

Nuro's Uber Eats autonomous food-delivery partnership in Houston, announced in 2022, was one of the delivery partnerships Nuro used as testing grounds. It did not scale to permanent commercial operations and wound down with Nuro's September 2024 pivot to licensing its autonomy stack. The pilot did not convert.

## Key facts

- **Operator:** Nuro (Uber Eats partner)
- **Vehicle:** Retrofitted Toyota Prius (drivered L4)
- **Autonomy:** Autonomous mode with safety driver

**Trust tier:** Catalog entry · 3 sources · not yet field-verified

_Last updated: 2026-07-09_

- **Slug:** nuro-prius-uber-eats-houston
- **Status:** ended
- **Model:** [Nuro Autonomous Prius](/models/nuro-prius.md) (id: `c92b6850-a94e-4a13-997f-54967796f85d`)
- **Company:** [Nuro](/companies/nuro.md) (id: `24cc7835-a940-4663-a48b-803f6e546dea`)
- **Location:** [Houston](/locations/united-states/texas/houston-tx.md) (id: `88adea9f-0b74-4f7d-a8b9-2d2870d46358`)
- **First seen:** 2022-09-01T00:00:00.000Z

## Verification log (0, append-only)

_No verifications recorded._

## Sources (3)

1. https://www.restaurantdive.com/news/Uber-Eats-Nuro-autonomous-delivery-Houston-California/631137/
2. https://www.mv-voice.com/technology/2024/08/07/bigger-faster-self-driving-delivery-vehicles-are-coming-to-mountain-view-streets/
3. **Nuro pivots to license self-driving tech to carmakers** · https://techcrunch.com/2024/09/11/nuro-pivots-to-license-self-driving-tech-to-carmakers-mobility-companies/ · 2024-09-11

## Common questions

### What is the Nuro Autonomous Prius deployment at Houston?

Nuro Autonomous Prius, built by Nuro, is recorded as a deployment at Houston on the DEPLOY registry. Nuro operates the deployment directly.

### Who operates Nuro Autonomous Prius at Houston?

Nuro, the manufacturer of Nuro Autonomous Prius, operates this deployment directly. This is a maker-deploys-its-own-product arrangement rather than a customer pilot.

### When did the Nuro Autonomous Prius deployment at Houston go live?

The deployment is recorded as starting September 1, 2022 on the DEPLOY registry. Earlier activity may exist but is not yet sourced.

### Is the Nuro Autonomous Prius deployment at Houston still active?

As of the most recent verification on the DEPLOY registry, this deployment is no longer operating at this location.

### Have there been incidents at the Nuro Autonomous Prius deployment at Houston?

No active incidents affecting this deployment are recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Absence of recorded incidents is not a guarantee no incident occurred; DEPLOY records only sourced incidents and suppresses retracted ones.


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