Avride says its autonomous Hyundai Ioniq 5 fleet has now completed more than 60,000 paid passenger trips on Uber in Dallas, an operational milestone that signals the Yandex-spinout robotaxi developer is starting to convert pilot mileage into real commercial throughput.
Scaling inside Dallas
In a LinkedIn update flagged by TipRanks on June 5, Avride said it has doubled its original Dallas service area, which now covers Downtown, Uptown, Turtle Creek and Deep Ellum. Further expansion is planned in the coming months. Across both research and consumer robotaxi operations, the company's fleet of more than 200 vehicles has logged over 1.3 million autonomous miles to date, including roughly one million miles in 2026 alone.
Riders requesting UberX, Uber Comfort or Uber Comfort Electric can be matched with an Avride robotaxi at no extra cost. An on-board specialist still monitors each ride from behind the wheel, with fully driverless operations targeted for later in the program.
How it compares to rivals
The milestone matters because robotaxi credibility now turns on real, paid trips rather than driverless demos. Tesla and Waymo are both expanding their Texas fleets, Uber and WeRide just signed up Madrid as a launch city, and Uber's in-house AV Labs program is rolling out 500 sensor-packed Ioniq 5s as a multi-partner platform. Avride's integration with Uber gives it a similar demand pipeline without the in-house overhead.
What to watch next
The next operational hurdles are removing the on-board safety operator and continuing to expand the service area beyond Dallas' core neighborhoods. The Uber relationship gives Avride access to deep ride-hailing demand, but the company has not yet disclosed unit economics or driverless-launch timing. Sustained safety performance through summer storm and high-heat months will be the proof point.
Reporting based on coverage from TipRanks and an Avride LinkedIn update.