Avride is moving Uber from delivery robots into Dallas robotaxis
Avride launched robotaxi rides with Uber in Dallas after building the partnership through Uber Eats delivery robots in Texas and Jersey City.
Uber launched Avride robotaxi rides in Dallas on December 3, 2025, making Avride one of the few autonomy companies with both delivery robots and autonomous passenger vehicles inside Uber's marketplace. Riders requesting UberX, Comfort, or Comfort Electric can be matched with an Avride Hyundai Ioniq 5 at no additional cost.
The Dallas service follows a multiyear Uber partnership announced in October 2024. Uber and Avride said delivery robots would start in Austin before expanding to Dallas and Jersey City, with robotaxis planned afterward. Avride later launched autonomous delivery robots for Uber Eats in Jersey City, giving the partnership a delivery surface before passenger rides went live.
Avride says development began in 2017. Many of its engineers previously worked on autonomous driving at Yandex. Source
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