Bolt relies on Nvidia technology for robotaxis
Bolt has announced a partnership with Nvidia. Its platform for autonomous driving is intended to accelerate the deployment of robotaxis in Europe.
Bolt brings another technology partner on board with Nvidia.
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Estonian ride-hailing company Bolt plans to cooperate with Nvidia in the area of robotaxis. While Nvidia is to supply the technology, Bolt wants to contribute data from its driving operations.
The technical basis is provided by Nvidia's Drive Hyperion, a platform that bundles hardware, sensor technology, and software for the deployment of Level 4 robotaxis. Bolt, in turn, wants to use its extensive driving data to train AI systems based on it. Beyond that, the partnership remains vague: the partners do not mention concrete steps or a timeline.
Privacy Protection
Bolt emphasizes that the processing of fleet data will be carried out in compliance with privacy regulations and meet the requirements of the GDPR and European cybersecurity standards. Furthermore, the company intends to make central tools, interfaces, reference implementations, and more accessible as open source to strengthen European companies and research institutions and reduce dependence on non-European ecosystems.
For Bolt, the partnership is a strategic step to position itself in the emerging market for autonomous driving services without having to develop the underlying technology itself.
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Multiple Partnerships
At the end of 2025, Bolt had already announced a collaboration with car manufacturer Stellantis and a partnership with Chinese developer Pony.ai, which operates driverless robotaxi services in China. With Stellantis, Bolt aims to develop test vehicles for use in European countries with the goal of industrial production starting in 2029.
Meanwhile, US providers are pushing ahead with their own robotaxi projects: Waymo already operates commercial robotaxi services in the US and plans to expand these to London in 2026. Uber and Lyft are also advancing corresponding projects and plan to start initial robotaxi tests there this year. Both companies also plan tests in Germany. However, commercial deployment is likely still some time away.
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