Overview
- The partnership was announced on Monday at Nvidia's GTC in Taipei and designates Munich as the worldwide launch city for a program that aims to run Level‑4, driverless taxis in defined urban zones.
- Autobrains says its 'Agentic AI' breaks driving into specialized software agents and relies mainly on standard cameras, aerial imagery and Nvidia compute rather than costly lidar sensor stacks.
- A supervised pilot is already under way in Munich with at least one test vehicle and selected test passengers while local municipal permit steps and some agency involvement are still in progress.
- The companies have set an ambitious goal to make robotaxis available through Uber in early 2027 and to expand to about 20 European cities by the end of 2028 but the commercial start depends on unresolved choices about vehicle makes, fleet operators, exact operating zones and whether safety drivers will remain.
- The plan fits Uber's partnership strategy and leans on Autobrains' industrial backers and Nvidia's platform, a combination that could cut hardware costs and let ordinary series cars serve as robotaxis while raising fresh questions about safety validation and regulatory oversight.