Uber and the Chinese company Weride expand their robotaxi partnership: over the next five years, the autonomous driving service is to start in 15 other cities-including in Europe.
Uber and the Chinese company Weride, which specializes in autonomous vehicle technology, intend to significantly expand your existing robotaxi partnership. In the next five years, the service is to be introduced in 15 other cities. This planned expansion follows the start of your commercial robotaxi offer in Abu Dhabi around five months ago.
It is planned to expand the service to European cities. As part of the cooperation, users can access Weride’s Robotaxi services via the Uber app. The distribution of roles is similar to the cooperation of Above with Waymo: Uber takes over the network management and the operation of the vehicle fleet, while Weride is responsible for the technology of autonomous vehicles.
In addition to Abu Dhabi, where they work with the local provider Tawasul Transport, Uber and Weride announced that they will soon be active in Dubai. The 15 new target cities are mainly located outside of China and the United States.
In the past two years, Uber has closed over 15 partnerships with companies in the field of autonomous vehicle technology, including in the areas of travel service, delivery and truck transport. The latest collaborations include agreements with the US company May mobility out of Ann Arbor (Michigan), Volkswagen and the Chinese developer.
The most famous partnership in the USA is with Waymo. The jointly operated robotaxi service is already in Austin active, and an expansion to Atlanta is imminent.