Uber Eats customers will increasingly receive their orders from vehicles without delivery personnel.Because that’s what Uber has signed A 10-year partnership with Nuro to deliver food orders in the United States using self-driving electric vehicles. It will launch in Houston, Texas and Mountain View, California this fall, with plans to eventually expand to the entire Bay Area.
according to TechCrunch, customers can’t choose, and they don’t even know if an order is being delivered by a Nurobot when they make a purchase. You can also get your tip refunded if you choose to tip via the app and her Nuro car shows up instead of a human employee. However, they have to go outside to pick up the order themselves, which is quite troublesome in the rain.
According to a video released by both companies to show what a Nuro delivery might look like, customers must enter a code to open the vehicle door and pick up their order. Earlier this year, Nuro introduced a third-generation delivery vehicle with external airbags to protect pedestrians. Initially for the partnership he will use a second-generation car called the R2, as he has yet to officially launch a new vehicle model. Designed to be completely driverless, the R2 is equipped with 360-degree and infrared cameras, lidar and radar to effectively and automatically navigate the road.
Nuro’s vehicles have been making deliveries in Houston for other companies like Walmart since 2019. California granted its first autonomous vehicle deployment permit in 2020, giving it the power to operate commercial autonomous vehicle services.As TechCrunch This will allow Nuro to receive a fee for each Uber Eats delivery within the state.
Nuro isn’t the only automated delivery company Uber Eats has partnered with. The food delivery service began a pilot with Motional in May for orders in Santa Monica, Calif., but safety drivers continue to be at the wheel for self-driving vehicle deliveries. That same month, it launched a pilot service for short-haul delivery routes in West Hollywood in collaboration with sidewalk delivery company Serve Robotics.
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