Uber plans to expands its premium robotaxi service from SF to Houston by mid-2027, in partnership with EV maker Lucid and autonomous vehicle startup Nuro (Kirsten Korosec/TechCrunch)

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Uber is expanding its premium robotaxi rollout with Lucid and Nuro, signaling another major commercial push for autonomous ride-hailing.

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<a href="https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/17/uber-will-bring-its-premium-robotaxi-service-to-houston-in-2027/"><img align="RIGHT" border="0" hspace="4" src="http://www.techmeme.com/260617/i16.jpg" vspace="4" /></a> <p><a href="https://www.techmeme.com/260617/p16#a260617p16" title="Techmeme permalink"><img height="12" src="http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png" style="border: none; padding: 0; margin: 0;" width="11" /></a> Kirsten Korosec / <a href="http://techcrunch.com/">TechCrunch</a>:<br /> <span style="font-size: 1.3em;"><b><a href="https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/17/uber-will-bring-its-premium-robotaxi-service-to-houston-in-2027/">Uber plans to expands its premium robotaxi service from SF to Houston by mid-2027, in partnership with EV maker Lucid and autonomous vehicle startup Nuro</a></b></span>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; Uber plans to launch a premium robotaxi service in Houston by mid-2027, making it the second U.S. market under its partnership &hellip; </p>