Avride Robotaxi (Hyundai Ioniq 5)

Avride's robotaxi, a fully-electric Hyundai Ioniq 5 equipped with Avride's automated driving system (ADS). Provides public passenger rides integrated into the Uber ride-hailing platform in Dallas and Austin, Texas, with an in-vehicle safety operator present. Most reported crashes occurred at speeds below 20 mph. Avride separately operates a fleet of sidewalk delivery robots (a distinct, smaller cooler-sized form factor) for Uber Eats and Grubhub.

Yes. Avride Robotaxi (Hyundai Ioniq 5) is independently verified in real-world operation on the DEPLOY registry, confirmed at named deployment sites with primary sources: not a concept, render, or demo-only.

Avride Robotaxi (Hyundai Ioniq 5) is made by Avride, based in Headquartered in Austin, TX with R&D hubs worldwide; 200+ engineers (verified), founded in 2020.

5 verified deployments of Avride Robotaxi (Hyundai Ioniq 5) are on the DEPLOY registry, including at Seoul, South Korea, United States, Arlington, Texas, USA.

Avride Robotaxi (Hyundai Ioniq 5) is in pilot deployments with named customers and is not yet broadly for sale.

Avride Robotaxi (Hyundai Ioniq 5) has 1 regulatory record on the DEPLOY registry: NHTSA investigation (PE26-003), active. See the Regulatory filings section for each agency source.

Avride Robotaxi (Hyundai Ioniq 5) runs Avride ADS. Each brain assignment is verified at the registry level via primary sources.

On the DEPLOY registry, comparable av robots to Avride Robotaxi (Hyundai Ioniq 5) include Waymo Driver (6th gen), Zoox Robotaxi, Tesla Robotaxi (Model Y ADS), May Mobility Autonomous Sienna.

Avride Robotaxi (Hyundai Ioniq 5) and Waymo Driver (6th gen) (Waymo · 52 deployments) are both av robots on the DEPLOY registry. Avride Robotaxi (Hyundai Ioniq 5) has 5 verified deployments on record. Compare both records for specs, safety, deployments, and verified-vs-claimed autonomy.

On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, safety, adoption, media, and IP signals, Avride Robotaxi (Hyundai Ioniq 5) ranks in roughly the top 39% of av models tracked by the registry.

Avride Robotaxi (Hyundai Ioniq 5) is at the pilot stage on the DEPLOY maturity ladder (research, prototype, pilot, commercial, production). Pilot stage means at least one named-customer trial deployment is verified.

Avride Robotaxi (Hyundai Ioniq 5) has 2 active incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. 2 incidents on record (2 serious). Most recent: May 2026. Retracted incidents are excluded from this count.