guangzhou technology companies "go overseas", self-driving vehicles will be launched on the online car-hailing platform in the uae
2024-09-26
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on september 25, guangzhou weride, a leading global autonomous driving technology company, and uber, the world's largest mobile travel and delivery technology company, announced a strategic partnership to jointly promote weride's autonomous driving vehicles to the uber platform and will first start operations in the uae.
the cooperation between the two parties will be officially launched in abu dhabi, the capital of the united arab emirates, at the end of this year. a batch of weride's self-driving vehicles will be launched on the uber app to provide services to consumers. after the cooperation is implemented, local passengers will have a new travel option when using the uber app to take a taxi, that is, to choose to take a weride self-driving vehicle to complete the journey. the cooperation between the two parties does not involve the us and chinese markets.
currently, weride operates the largest fleet of autonomous taxis (robotaxi) in the uae, and local residents can enjoy autonomous taxi (robotaxi) services through the txai app. in july 2023, weride obtained the first and only national full-domain autonomous driving road license in the uae, and was approved to conduct autonomous driving vehicle testing and operations on public roads across the uae.
“weride is honored to partner with uber to continue to bring our technology to the international market,” said han xu, founder and ceo of weride. “by combining the experience and expertise of both parties, we are committed to providing essential, affordable, sustainable and safe mobility solutions to international users.”
“uber is very excited to partner with weride. it’s clear that the future of mobility will be increasingly shared, electric, and autonomous,” said uber ceo dara khosrowshahi. “we look forward to working with leading autonomous driving companies like weride to bring the convenience of autonomous driving technology to the world.”
text and photos by guangzhou daily new flower city reporter: huang qing correspondent: wang weiguangzhou daily new flower city editor: li lin
