The act of driving is an extremely complex activity. So when companies set out to create a system that can do it in place of a real person, there were always going to be some teething pains. We’ve seen that time and time again in the form of crashes and traffic violations, even from the big names in the autonomous driving industry, including several from Waymo and Tesla. Avride is another company that has been developing its own autonomous driving system for use in passenger vehicles and ride-sharing programs. Currently operating out of Austin, Texas, it’s been developing its product since 2017, first as a part of Yandex (the Russian equivalent of Google) before being spun off as its own company in 2020. While not nearly as widespread as Tesla or Waymo, Avride struck a deal with Uber to start offering autonomous rides using the company’s modified Hyundai Ioniq 5s (the deal also involves a tie-up between Uber Eats and Avride’s four-wheeled delivery robot). Avride has been offering its autonomous driving services to the public via Uber since December 2025, and it doesn’t sound like it’s gone without issues. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has opened an investigation into Avride for a series of crashes that allegedly occurred while the system was active, including an incident that allegedly caused an injury. NHTSA says it’s reviewed video of each crash, though it hasn’t released those files to the public. Here’s what went down, according to the investigation’s preliminary findings: The videos show instances of the AVs changing lanes into the path of or directly into other vehicles traveling in an adjacent lane and in close proximity to an AV; failing to slow or stop for slow-moving or stopped vehicles in the lane and path ahead; failing to slow for