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Engineering fleet nearly 100 vehicles across California and Texas per same release."},{"label":"Uber-Lucid-Nuro partnership","value":"Three-way program: Nuro provides Nuro Driver L4 autonomy, Lucid provides Gravity (then Midsize) vehicles, Uber provides ride-hail network and fleet ops. First commercial market: San Francisco Bay Area later in 2026; Houston second market mid-2027 (Uber IR 17 Jun 2026; Lucid IR 14 Apr 2026). Cap: prior registry line incorrectly said Houston was first market."},{"label":"CA DMV driverless testing (Lucid Gravity)","value":"California DMV permit-holder list (updated ~3 Apr 2026): Nuro authorized for driverless testing of Lucid Gravity (listed with Nuro Robot) in Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties, day/night, including light rain and light-to-moderate fog, up to listed speed limits. Testing permit is not a driverless passenger-deployment authorization."},{"label":"CPUC drivered pilot (robotaxi passengers)","value":"Nuro (8 May 2026): secured CPUC Drivered Pilot Permit allowing passenger-carrying pilot testing with a safety driver on public roads. Builds on CA DMV Driverless Testing Permit. Nuro states these permits do not authorize paid rides or driverless passenger operations."},{"label":"Uber employee test rides (Apr 2026)","value":"Nuro (13 Apr 2026): Uber employees began test rides in the Lucid Gravity robotaxi program vehicles (safety-driver phase) as a milestone toward commercial deployment."},{"label":"First-responder interaction training with Uber team (company Instagram Oct 2026)","value":"Company-stated ([company-stated](https://www.instagram.com/p/Dd9Lm36gU7N/)): Nuro Instagram (Oct 1 2026) said it ran a first-responder interaction training session with the Uber team, calling cross-company coordination \"key to advancing education, preparedness, and trust ahead of our robotaxi launch.\" Cap: company Instagram training/preparedness signal; not a commercial robotaxi launch, permit change, or quantified fleet milestone. 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