CEO, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd Ivan Espinosa (L), CEO, Wayve Technologies Ltd Alex Kendall (C) and Global Head of Autonomous Mobility and Delivery Uber Technologies Sarfraz Maredia (R) pose with a prototype vehicle during their joint press conference in Tokyo on March 12, 2026. Uber announced on March 12, its first robotaxi partnership in Japan, teaming up with Nissan and British artificial intelligence autonomous driving startup Wayve for a trial this year in Tokyo. (Photo by Kazuhiro NOGI / AFP via Getty Images)