Uber plans to deploy 20,000 or more Lucid electric SUVs equipped with the Nuro Driver autonomous system in over a dozen global cities. Nuro's Nuro Driver is a Level 4 self-driving system trained on and powered by Nvidia's artificial intelligence (AI) technology.

The robotaxi revolution appears to be heating up. Elon Musk stated during Tesla's (NASDAQ:TSLA) earnings conference call that the company aims to roll out its robotaxi service to reach "half the population of the U.

Uber is investing hundreds of millions of dollars into Lucid and autonomous vehicle technology startup Nuro in a bid to launch its own robotaxi service.