Austin-based autonomous mobility company Avride said on August 14, 2026 that it has completed more than 100,000 autonomous rides on Uber in Dallas, alongside 1.5 million cumulative autonomous miles across its fleet - a leap from the 60,000-ride milestone the company disclosed only two months earlier.
Robotaxis on IONIQ 5s
Avride, a subsidiary of Nasdaq-listed Nebius Group and a spin-out of Yandex's self-driving unit, operates retrofitted Hyundai IONIQ 5 robotaxis equipped with LiDAR, radar and camera sensor stacks. The Dallas service launched with Uber in December 2025 across a nine-square-mile downtown zone and grew to about 200 vehicles by April 2026. Avride said 100,000 rides validates its technology in dense urban conditions and reflects rider trust built on years of real-world operations.
Delivery robots on the same stack
Alongside its robotaxis, Avride runs sidewalk delivery bots across six U.S. cities, most recently adding Arlington, Virginia and Miami, Florida. Executives argue that sharing an autonomous stack between passenger vehicles and delivery robots gives the company a faster iteration loop than pure-play robotaxi rivals, because commercial operations across multiple vehicle types feed the same model updates.
The Uber alliance widens
Avride is one of a growing group of AV partners on Uber's platform. Related coverage on The Robotics Media includes Waymo opening its Zeekr Ojai robotaxi to public riders, Uber's own AV Labs 500-vehicle IONIQ 5 sensor fleet and Avride's earlier 60,000-trip milestone from June. The dashboard of autonomous partners on Uber now spans Waymo, Wayve, Zoox and Avride.
Safety and next steps
The scaling comes with scrutiny: Avride's autonomous fleet has been the subject of a National Highway Traffic Safety Administration probe opened in May 2026 after a series of low-speed incidents in Texas. Avride said it will continue expanding autonomous mobility in Dallas and target new growth opportunities by year-end 2026. Attention now turns to whether the company can push per-mile disengagement rates low enough to open service in adjacent Sun Belt cities without a paired safety operator.
Reporting based on coverage from Robotics 24/7, The Dallas Morning News, Forbes and Avride.