Uber + Nvidia target LA robotaxis by 2027

Uber and NVIDIA set a start window for Los Angeles and San Francisco in the first half of 2027, according to Uber’s investor release detailing the expanded partnership. (investor.uber.com) The companies plan to scale the service to 28 cities across North America, Europe, Australia and Asia by 2028, a timeline that Reuters confirmed in its March 16 coverage. (investor.uber.com) NVIDIA will supply a full-stack Level‑4 stack—DRIVE AGX Hyperion 10 hardware, DRIVE AV software and the Alpamayo reasoning-based model designed for “long‑tail” scenarios—per NVIDIA’s and Uber’s announcements. (investor.nvidia.com) Uber and NVIDIA said the program targets scaling to roughly 100,000 autonomous vehicles “over time” beginning in 2027 and will build a joint AI data factory on NVIDIA’s Cosmos platform to curate city-specific training data. (investor.nvidia.com) The deployment will follow a three‑phase approach that starts with data‑collection vehicles to train Alpamayo, moves to operator‑led launches, then transitions to full driverless Level‑4 operations as the networks mature. (investor.uber.com) NVIDIA’s partner list named automakers and mobility firms already building on DRIVE Hyperion—Stellantis, Lucid and Mercedes‑Benz were highlighted earlier, while recent NVIDIA notices also cite BYD, Geely, Isuzu and Nissan adopting DRIVE Hyperion for Level‑4 readiness. (investor.nvidia.com)