Nuro shares footage of its car autonomously driving through the Las Vegas strip

Nuro has taken its autonomous driving tests to the heart of Las Vegas and brought the receipts.

The company just posted a 40-second clip of one of its cars cruising the Strip, showing both dashcam footage and a video game-esque simulation of the vehicle’s path.

Colored outlines mark cars, cones stand in for pedestrians, and a bright line tracks the vehicle’s planned route down the road.

It’s calm, controlled, and kind of surreal to watch on a street famous for being anything but.

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Nuro takes to the Vegas Strip

The car itself is fitted with Nuro’s autonomous driver, plus a human safety operator behind the wheel. 

So it’s not a no-driver joyride. Not yet anyway.

What the clip does show is the basics handled cleanly: lane-keeping, slowing when the car in front slows, stopping at lights. 

There’s no weaving and no drama –  exactly what you want from autonomous driving.

Reactions online were generally positive. 

One Redditor said the clip was ‘pretty cool,’ while another said it was always encouraging to see more companies proving themselves in the self-driving space.

And remember, this is still only a data collection phase – the groundwork that lets the system learn a city block by block before it graduates to more complex autonomous driving.

Why Vegas, and what’s next for Nuro?

Vegas isn’t a random backdrop. 

Nuro has been here since 2021, running a closed-course before venturing onto public roads. 

The Strip is an obvious next step: heavy traffic, 24/7 action, endless distractions. 

If the system can survive here, it bodes well for a future across America.

But don’t expect Nuro logos plastered down the boulevard. 

The company isn’t trying to build its own ride-hailing empire. The plan is instead to license its Nuro Driver tech to partners.

And those partners are big. 

In July, Nuro announced a deal with Lucid and Uber, combining Lucid EVs, Nuro’s autonomy, and Uber’s platform into a premium robotaxi program. 

First rides are supposed to launch next year in a major US city.

So yeah, today it’s a Nuro Driver quietly following the rules on Las Vegas Boulevard, but tomorrow, it could be a Lucid robotaxi pulling up when you tap the Uber app.

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