{"id":209437,"date":"2026-03-28T09:31:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T09:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/209437\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T09:31:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T09:31:07","slug":"uber-and-rivian-plan-self-driving-cars-for-miami","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/209437\/","title":{"rendered":"Uber and Rivian plan self-driving cars for Miami"},"content":{"rendered":"

Waymo\u2019s<\/a> driverless cars hit the streets of Miami this year. Now, Uber is right on their bumper.<\/p>\n

A new partnership between the ride-share company and car company Rivian will speed things up for autonomous vehicles in South Florida. But the new driverless Ubers won\u2019t be on Miami streets immediately. Rivian says the plan calls for a 2028 rollout, though it\u2019s likely drivers will see the Uber-Rivian SUVs on the road sooner for testing.<\/p>\n

Uber and Rivian didn\u2019t respond to comment on the timeframe or locations for testing driverless vehicles on South Florida roads. Before Waymo cars started taking passengers this year, they were seen on Miami roads testing in 2025.<\/p>\n

READ MORE: Where will Waymo take you in Miami? How do you get a ride? What to know<\/a><\/p>\n

Starting in 2028, Uber and Rivian will begin launching their autonomous fleets in Miami and San Francisco. The companies\u2019 goal is to eventually offer autonomous rideshare options in 25 cities by 2031.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe couldn\u2019t be more excited about this partnership with Uber,\u201d said Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe.<\/p>\n

The partnership coincides with Uber\u2019s $1.25 billion investment in Rivian through 2031.<\/p>\n

Rivian was founded 2009 and focuses on electric trucks and SUVs. Uber and its fleet partners will purchase 10,000 autonomous R2 vehicles from Rivian. The R2 is not on the market yet and is expected to launch in late 2026.<\/p>\n

If the partnership reaches certain benchmarks, Uber will purchase 40,000 more Rivian vehicles in 2030. Rivian R2 SUVs will be used for the self-driving service.<\/p>\n

Uber and Rivian didn\u2019t disclose how the new driverless vehicles will work, including having their own app or as a special request on the existing Uber app.<\/p>\n

Waymo\u2019s autonomous vehicles run in 10 U.S. cities including Miami and the company completes 400,000 rides a week.<\/p>\n

Uber declined to comment on its latest entry into the autonomous vehicle market. The company was founded in 2009 and had its first ride in 2010. But the road to further innovation has been a bumpy one.<\/p>\n

Uber has experimented with self-driving options before and in 2018, a self-driving car hit and killed<\/a> an Arizona pedestrian. Multiple Waymo vehicles also have appeared on social media as stopping traffic or dropping people off in the wrong locations.<\/p>\n

Waymo vehicles also can take 30 minutes to wait for and twice as long as a normal ride. A recent Waymo ride that normally takes 20 minutes in an Uber with a driver was close to an hour in length. Waymo doesn\u2019t operate yet on Miami highways.<\/p>\n

Uber isn\u2019t the only self-driving rideshare to join Waymo in Miami. An Amazon-owned company, Zoox, has been testing<\/a> its driverless taxis in Miami since 2024.<\/p>\n


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Michael Butler<\/a><\/p>\n

Miami Herald<\/p>\n

Michael Butler writes about minority business and trends that affect marginalized professionals in South Florida. As a business reporter for the Miami Herald, he tells inclusive stories that reflect South Florida\u2019s diversity. Just like Miami\u2019s diverse population, Butler, a Temple University graduate, has both local roots and a Panamanian heritage.\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Waymo\u2019s driverless cars hit the streets of Miami this year. Now, Uber is right on their bumper. A…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":209438,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[558,225,227,226,123,32848,36121,4443,6312],"class_list":["post-209437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-hialeah","tag-business","tag-hialeah","tag-hialeah-headlines","tag-hialeah-news","tag-miami","tag-rivian","tag-self-driving-cars","tag-tech","tag-uber"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209437","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=209437"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209437\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/209438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=209437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=209437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=209437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}