Uber宣布与电动汽车制造商Lucid以及自动驾驶技术公司Nuro达成合作，计划在未来六年内部署2万辆自动驾驶出租车。此次合作将基于Lucid的Gravity电动SUV车型，并由Nuro提供自动驾驶技术支持。Uber CEO表示，自动驾驶技术有望改善城市交通。此举标志着Uber在出售自动驾驶部门四年多后，再次大力投入机器人出租车市场，旨在追赶行业领先者如Waymo和特斯拉。虽然Uber预计在未来十年内机器人出租车不会完全取代人类司机，但此举显示了其对自动驾驶未来的坚定承诺。

🚗 Uber与Lucid和Nuro达成战略合作，旨在重返自动驾驶出租车（Robotaxi）领域。Lucid将提供基于其Gravity电动SUV打造的车辆，而Nuro则负责提供自动驾驶技术解决方案，确保车辆的自主运行能力。

💰 Uber正投入巨资（数亿美元）支持这一新的机器人出租车项目，显示出其在竞争激烈的自动驾驶市场中迎头赶上的决心。此次合作标志着Uber在2020年出售其自动驾驶部门后，重新加码该领域。

📈 合作消息公布后，Lucid的股价在盘前交易中大幅上涨超过43%，而Uber的股价也略有上涨，市场对此次合作表示积极预期。

🚀 Uber计划在未来六年内部署多达2万辆机器人出租车，并已在Nuro位于拉斯维加斯的测试场地成功进行了首批原型车的自动驾驶测试。

🔮 Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi强调了自动驾驶技术改变城市的潜力，并对与Nuro和Lucid的合作表示兴奋，认为这将安全地将自动驾驶的便利带给更多用户。然而，他也指出，机器人出租车在未来十年内不太可能完全取代现有的人类司机。

Uber is investing hundreds of millions into the robotaxi wars.The company partnered with Lucid, which makes the Gravity EVs that Uber will use in its robotaxi fleet.Lucid's stock was up more than 43% in premarket trading.

Uber is turning to Lucid as it looks to play catch-up in the robotaxi wars.

More than four and a half years after Uber sold off its autonomous vehicle division, the company is pouring hundreds of millions into Lucid as part of a new robotaxi deal.

Lucid will make the vehicles for Uber's robotaxis, based on its Gravity EV. Uber is also partnering with self-driving technology company Nuro, which will power the autonomous driving capabilities.

"Autonomous vehicles have enormous potential to transform our cities for the better," said Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi. "We're thrilled to partner with Nuro and Lucid on this new robotaxi program, purpose-built just for the Uber platform, to safely bring the magic of autonomous driving to more people across the world."

Lucid's stock price jumped more than 43% in pre-market trading following news of the partnership, while Uber's stock price was slightly up before the opening bell.

Uber said it plans to deploy a fleet of 20,000 robotaxis over the next six years. The company said its first prototype is "already operating autonomously on a closed circuit at Nuro's Las Vegas proving grounds."

The robotaxi wars have been heating up over the last year, with market leader Waymo, owned by Google, operating autonomous rides in multiple states.

Tesla launched a limited rollout of its robotaxi program in Austin earlier this summer.

Uber agreed to sell its autonomous vehicle division to startup Aurora in December 2020. At the time, it was grappling with a pandemic-induced downturn in its ride-hailing business.

If adopted widely, robotaxis would present a way for Uber and other ridesharing services to bypass human drivers. In January, Khosrowshahi said that Uber doesn't expect robotaxis to replace the company's gig-worker drivers for the next decade.

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