Nvidia and Uber to partner in developing 100,000 new AVs

Nvidia is partnering with Uber and multiple automakers to develop and deploy 100,000 self-driving taxis and delivery vehicles. The $4.8 trillion computing giant will supply its Drive AGX Hyperion 10 platform to multiple automakers who will supply Uber with Level 4 autonomous vehicles capable of navigating geofenced areas without a human driver, says Motortrend.

The announcement was made by Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang during a keynote speech at the company’s 2025 Global Technology Conference (GTC) in Washington, DC.

An unspecified portion of those 100,000 vehicles will be designed and manufactured by Stellantis starting in 2028 with the initial batch of 5,000 vehicles deployed in the US. The vehicles will be based on the company’s K0 medium van and STLA Small platforms. In addition to Uber and Nvidia, Stellantis is tapping the electronics manufacturer Foxconn to help develop the hardware and integrate it into the vehicle.

Automotive makes up a small slice of business for Nvidia, the world’s most valuable company. The autos sector accounted for less than 2 percent of its revenue in the last fiscal year, but the company sees major growth on the horizon with the rise of “physical AI” to power robots, autonomous vehicles, and automated factories. If that market materializes and Uber can scale to 100,000 self-driving vehicles, they would join nearly 9 million global human drivers in ferrying paying passengers.

Nvidia has already chalked up a long list of customers as the auto industry eyes a self-driving future. It has previously announced Mercedes-Benz, JLR, and Volvo Cars are adopting the Hyperion platform. It also has partnerships with several companies trying to solve self-driving including Nuro, Pony.ai, Wayve, May Mobility, WeRide, and Avride, as well as driverless trucking companies Aurora, Volvo Autonomous Solutions, and Waabi.

(Pic: Nvidia)

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