Self-driving car startup Nuro has begun testing its technology in Tokyo, the U.S. company¡¯s first location abroad after partnering with Uber Technologies and Lucid Group.
Backed by the likes of Nvidia and Toyota Motor, California-based Nuro aims to compete with other driverless operators such as Google parent Alphabet¡¯s Waymo and Amazon.com¡¯s Zoox in the nascent market for commercialized fully autonomous vehicles.
¡°Obviously there are a number of Japanese OEMs that are very interesting potential customers to us in the future,¡± Andrew Chapin, Nuro¡¯s chief operating officer, said in an interview, using an industry term for car manufacturer. He declined to name any possible partners or confirm if Nuro is currently in talks with a Japan-based automaker.
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