Autonomous driving developer Nuro is expanding its L4 driverless capabilities using zero-occupant vehicles, powered by the AI-enabled Nuro Driver system.

This expansion—covering multiple cities in two states and encompassing significant operational advancements. The company has one of the largest L4 deployments in the United States.

The expanded deployments will span two regions:

• Mountain View and Palo Alto, California: 83% increase in deployment area (linear miles)
• Houston, Texas: 70% increase in deployment area (linear miles)

Nuro’s newly expanded operational design domain (ODD) includes new capabilities:

• Multi-lane road operation at speeds up to 35 miles per hour
• Improvements related to complex scenario handling, such as reacting to active emergency vehicles, navigating construction zones, and responding to active school buses
• Night operation, greatly expanding service availability

According to Nuro, with these additions, its system now covers a significant portion of everyday driving conditions. To date, Nuro’s fleet has logged more than one million autonomous miles with zero autonomous at-fault incidents, underscoring the company’s commitment to safety and technological excellence.

“Since publicly unveiling our new direction a little over a month ago, we have seen tremendous interest in our AI-driven autonomy platform from automotive OEMs and mobility companies,” said Jiajun Zhu, co-founder and CEO, Nuro. “Our latest driverless deployment demonstrates the maturity and capability of our AI platform, and we’re excited for potential partners to capitalise on the performance, safety and sophistication of the Nuro Driver to build their own incredible autonomy products.”