Mercedes-Benz Teams Up With Nvidia, Uber To Build Robotaxis

Mercedes-Benz has announced plans to develop a comprehensive robotaxi ecosystem in collaboration with leading technology and mobility partners — Nvidia and Uber. This marks a significant step in the company’s roadmap towards fully automated driving. The initiative was announced on the sidelines of the unveiling of the facelifted S-Class.

The Robotaxi project by Mercedes-Benz will lay the perfect foundation for driverless shuttle services in markets like the Americas, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.  Besides Uber, the German marque has also tied up with Lumo, a subsidiary of technology company K2, to introduce shuttle services initially in Abu Dhabi. Mercedes-Benz has confirmed that the first S-Class robotaxi prototypes will begin on-road testing later this year, with additional cities to follow at a later stage.

Speaking on this massive development, Jörg Burzer, Chief Technology Officer, Mercedes-Benz said, “The next step on our roadmap is to enable a robotaxi service based on the new S-Class. To achieve this goal, we have strong, industry-leading companies as partners at our side. For us, these collaborations mark our entry into the robotaxi market – with the S-Class and MB.OS as the perfect platform.”

Based on new Mercedes-Benz S-Class

At the core of the Robotaxi strategy is the latest Mercedes-Benz S-Class, which combines luxury with a fail-safe technical architecture designed for driverless operation. The latest iteration of the luxury sedan incorporates multiple redundancies across critical systems, including steering, braking, computing and power supply. According to the company, these redundancies are essential for enabling SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers) Level 4 automated driving in real-world conditions.

The S-Class also runs on the new Mercedes-Benz operating system — MB.OS — which underpins the vehicle’s software-defined architecture. Along with MB.DRIVE, Mercedes-Benz’s suite of advanced driving technologies, MB.OS is described as a key enabler for seamless, fully automated mobility services. 

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As part of this Robotaxi project, Mercedes-Benz is developing Level 4 autonomous driving technology. Nvidia will supply its DRIVE Hyperion architecture alongside the full-stack Nvidia DRIVE AV Level 4 software. This software stack is complemented by Nvidia's Alpamayo platform, which provides open AI models, simulation tools and datasets aimed at supporting a safety-focused autonomous driving experience. 

Beyond Robotaxi applications, Mercedes-Benz and Nvidia are also cooperating on next-generation advanced driver assistance systems, leveraging the latter’s expertise in AI-driven software development. Separately, Mercedes-Benz is pursuing another Level 4 automation project with Momenta. This initiative also uses the S-Class as its technological base and further demonstrates the scalability of MB.OS across different global projects.