A deal between Nuro and Uber heralds a new food-delivery future. Here's what to expect.
The company won’t say exactly the size of the latest Nuro vehicle, but does note that it is about 20 percent smaller, width-wise, than a regular car.
Today, the company lists three different vehicles in its fleet: the Nuro, the R2, and the P2, which is different from the others—it’s a Toyota Prius, with room for humans in it, outfitted with specialized hardware. P2 rolls with “onboard safety operators,” theWith the Uber Eats deal, which will take place in Houston, Texas and Mountain View, California , the company says that all of their different vehicle types will be involved.
However, it remains unclear to what extent, and when, deliveries will be arriving in truly uncrewed vehicles versus the self-driving Priuses. Nuro has previously carried out programs with the likes of Kroger and Domino’s, but won’t say to what extent those deliveries have occurred with the person-less bots versus the Priuses. “We have made tens of thousands of deliveries to date,” the company said in a statement.
The company added: “We are actively working to increase our deployment of R2 on public roads and intend to learn much more from expanded operations over the next year.”that the company “will initially use” the R2 and that the Nuro vehicle will be coming out in “late 2023.” Ultimately, the robotics company sits at the interesting intersection of EVs, autonomy, and fulfillment of goods and services—and is certainly not the only player in that general space. While some companies like
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