Nuro · driverless delivery vehicle
Nuro R1
A narrow electric road pod built only for goods, not passengers.
- Price
- —service only, not sold
- Autonomy
- Level 4No driver needed in its area
- Driverless
- In serviceSince 2018-12
- Fleet
- —Not published
- Speed
- —Not published
- Range
- —Not published
Why it matters
One of the first purpose-built driverless cargo vehicles with no room for a person.
Real-world use
Joined the Kroger grocery pilot in Scottsdale, Arizona in December 2018.
Timeline
- Released
- 2018-12
Maker
NuroCompany · founded 2016 · Mountain View, California, United StatesRaised more than $2 billion; $6B valuation in 2025
How it drives
Fleet and city figures move fast; each carries its date and who reported it.
- Driverless status
- Driverless in service
- Where it runs
- Scottsdale, Arizona (Kroger pilot)
- Driverless since
- 2018-12
- SAE level
- Level 4: drives itself with no one at the controls inside its approved area
How it stacks up
Against other delivery pods that publish the figure. Pick a measure.
Too few delivery pods publish a weight to rank it. Bars show the 0 closest in date.
Not published by the maker: height, speed, payload, joints, battery, price.
Public attention
A historic robot: no longer sold or in use, so it is not ranked against current vehicles.
- No Wikipedia article of its own yet
- 2 news stories from reputable press listed on this page
Measures how much people read and write about a robot, not how good it is. Measured 2026-10-13; same method for every robot. How it is measured
What’s inside
The parts the company has talked about publicly.
- Movement
- Wheeled base
- How it runs
- Supervised. Works by itself while a person watches and steps in.
- Other details
- About 680 kg and just over 1.8 m tall, about half a sedan's width; cargo only, room for about 12 grocery bags
Lineage
Every Nuro vehicle in order.
Watch Nuro R1
Made, sold and where
Unit counts are usually company figures; analysts often disagree.
- Price
- Not publishedservice only, not sold
- How to get one
- No official buying page found
- Customers and pilots
- Kroger (Scottsdale, Arizona pilot)
News
The latest 2, newest first. Summaries are ours; tap through for the original.
- Nuro and Kroger Launch First-Ever Unmanned Delivery Service for the General Public
The driverless R1 began grocery deliveries in Kroger's Scottsdale, Arizona pilot.
The Kroger Co. - Kroger and Nuro Announce Pilot Market
Nuro and Kroger began an autonomous grocery delivery pilot in Scottsdale, at first with modified cars.
The Kroger Co.
Sources
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