Uber is investing hundreds of millions of dollars into Lucid and autonomous vehicle technology startup Nuro in a bid to launch its own robotaxi service.

Lucid, Nuro and Uber have announced a next-generation global premium robotaxi programme developed exclusively for Uber's ride-hailing platform. Uber is

Under the new deal, Uber said it will be making "multi-hundred-million-dollar investments" in both Lucid and Nuro. Uber already has partnerships with 18 autonomous vehicle compani