Lucid's £223 million ($300 million) partnership with Uber and Nuro, announced on 17 July 2025, drove a 36% stock surge, positioning it as a key player in the robotaxi race against Tesla and Waymo.

Key Takeaways Lucid shares jumped 36% Thursday on news the EV startup is partnering with self-driving software maker Nuro and rideshare giant Uber Technologies to bring a new group of robotaxis to Uber's platform.

US ride-hailing company Uber says it is planning to deploy at least 20,000 robotaxis over the next six years. For comparison, the current market leader, Waymo, currently operates 1,500 driverless vehicles.

Ross Gerber is pushing back against a partnership between rideshare service Uber Technologies Inc. and automaker Lucid Group Inc.

China’s largest rental car platform, CAR Inc., is adding some of Baidu’s robotaxis to its fleets, allowing customers to rent a fully driverless car at an extremely low price in a major Chinese city.

Uber just announced a deal today with the company that runs one of the largest robotaxi fleets in China, as the ridehail giant nears its goal of becoming the world’s ultimate autonomous vehicle clearinghouse.

Uber and Baidu join forces in the self-driving taxi market, combining Uber's network with Baidu's Apollo Go robotaxi fleet that has completed over 11 million rides across 15 cities.