At the 2026 NVIDIA GTC annual technology conference, CEO Jensen Huang announced a deep strategic alliance with automakers and Uber (UBER) to jointly build the world's largest autonomous ride-hailing network. According to a detailed roadmap, the plan will commence commercial operations in the first half of 2027, initially in Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay Area. As the technical architecture matures, the network is expected to rapidly expand to 28 key cities across four continents by 2028, with the ultimate goal of deploying over 100,000 Level 4 autonomous vehicles equipped with NVIDIA's cutting-edge AI technology on the Uber platform. "The autonomous vehicle revolution is here—it is the first robotics industry to surpass a trillion dollars," emphasized NVIDIA founder and CEO Jensen Huang. "All moving objects will eventually become autonomous. Through the NVIDIA Hyperion platform and the Alpamayo open inference model, we provide vehicles with three core capabilities: accurately perceiving their surroundings, intelligently reasoning complex scenarios, and safely executing driving decisions—this lays the technical foundation for scalable Level 4 autonomy."
To support this massive network, NVIDIA is deeply integrating the global automotive supply chain through its latest DRIVE Hyperion 10 platform. Several major automakers, including BYD, Geely, Nissan (NSANY), Hyundai, Kia, and Isuzu, have officially confirmed they will adopt this architecture to develop their next-generation Level 4 models. Among them, BYD, Geely, and Nissan are developing autonomous driving projects based on the DRIVE Hyperion computing and sensor architecture; Isuzu is partnering with TIER IV to build Level 4 autonomous buses using the DRIVE AGX Thor system-on-a-chip.
Regarding partnership expansion, NVIDIA's collaboration with Hyundai and Kia has deepened further. Kim Heung-soo, Executive Vice President and Head of the Global Strategy Office at Hyundai Motor Group, stated, "Expanding our collaboration with NVIDIA is a key step for Hyundai Motor Group to realize its vision for safe and reliable autonomous driving. Through a group-wide unified cooperation framework, we will strengthen our full-stack technological competitiveness from Level 2+ autonomy to Level 4 driverless taxi services, building a differentiated smart mobility ecosystem."
Beyond autonomous driving, NVIDIA is continuing to deepen its collaborative ecosystem with global robotics manufacturers to advance breakthroughs in physical AI. The list of partners includes over a dozen industry leaders such as ABB Robotics, AGIBOT, Agility, CMR Surgical, FANUC, Figure, Hexagon Robotics, KUKA, Medtronic, Skild AI, Universal Robots, World Labs, and YASKAWA. To accelerate the arrival of the intelligent robotics era, NVIDIA officially launched the new-generation Cosmos world model, which integrates the Isaac simulation framework and Isaac GR00T N technology module to speed up the transition to intelligent robots. At the industrial application level, companies including AGIBOT, Humanoid, LG Electronics, NEURA Robotics, and Noble Machines have been among the first to adopt the NVIDIA Isaac GR00T N model, promoting the shift of humanoid robots from the laboratory to mass production and accelerating their commercial deployment.
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