Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang attends a round table discussion on the Viva Technology conference dedicated to innovation and startups at Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris, France, June 11, 2025.
Sarah Meyssonnier | Reuters
Autonomous vehicles and robotics are going to take off in a giant way within the years ahead, based on Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang.
“That is going to be the last decade of AV [autonomous vehicles], robotics, autonomous machines,” Huang told CNBC’s Arjun Kharpal Thursday on the Viva Tech conference in Paris.
Nvidia plays a big role within the rollout of driverless vehicles because the U.S. chipmaking giant sells each hardware and software solutions for AVs.
Self-driving cars are being spotted more often within the U.S., where Google-owned Waymo is working robotaxi services in parts of San Francisco, Phoenix, and Los Angeles. Meanwhile, quite a lot of Chinese firms including Baidu and Pony.ai are also running their very own respective robotaxi fleets.
Europe, however, is yet to see significant AV adoption — primarily since the regulations usually are not yet clear enough for self-driving technology firms to get their services off the bottom.
Nonetheless, the technology is starting to realize more traction. Within the U.K., laws called the Autonomous Vehicles Act has been passed into law, paving the best way for self-driving vehicles to reach on roads by 2026.
Uber on Tuesday announced a partnership with British self-driving automotive technology firm Wayve to launch trials of fully autonomous rides within the U.K., starting in spring 2026.
