The startup plans to deploy self-driving cars on the Uber platform by the end of 2025, starting in Arlington, Texas, as part of its multi-year partnership.
While partnering with Uber offers could be an opportunity to grow beyond providing shuttles within campus and planned communities, Uber could potentially move to a roster of autonomous vehicles collaborators that function to integrate autonomous driving technology into the platform.
For example, Uber has already started offering Waymo Robotaxis on its Phoenix and Austin apps, and is set to launch in Atlanta this summer. This will result in a competition between Lyft and May Mobility. This has announced a similar partnership to launch self-driving cars in Atlanta this year.
Like Uber’s other AV partnerships, Arlington customers have the option to choose the May Mobility Vehicle, one of the startup’s hybrid Toyota Sienna autonomous vehicles equipped with autonomous driving technology.
The first deployment in Arlington involves a human safety operator behind the wheels before moving towards driverless. According to May Mobility, after their first launch, Uber and May Movility will expand to other US markets in 2026, with the intention of “releasing thousands of AVs” in “the coming years.”
May May operates autonomous microtransit services (essentially autonomous shuttles) in high demand, primarily in small areas across the United States, usually campuses and other slow, predefined zones. The startup piloted technology in Arlington, Texas and Ann Arbor, Michigan. Grand Rapids, Minnesota. Peachtree Corner, Georgia. Miami, Florida. Sun City, Arizona.