Uber Bringing Driverless Cars to the UAE Through WeRide Partnership

Uber Technologies (UBER) is adding self-driving cars from WeRide to its ride-sharing platform, hitting nan roadworthy successful nan United Arab Emirates later this year, nan institution said Wednesday.

The business is expected to motorboat successful Abu Dhabi, wherever immoderate customers will person nan action to beryllium driven by an autonomous conveyance (AV). WeRide, based successful China, operates nan largest robotaxi fleet successful nan UAE and signed nan country’s first and only licence for self-driving cars past year, Uber said. The partners said they don't scheme to motorboat a akin work successful nan U.S. aliases China.

“It’s clear that nan early of mobility will beryllium progressively shared, electric, and autonomous, and we look guardant to moving pinch starring AV companies for illustration WeRide to thief bring nan benefits of autonomous exertion to cities astir nan world,” Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said. 

Self-Driving Ubers successful nan US

Earlier this month, Uber said it would grow its business pinch Alphabet-owned (GOOGL) Waymo to add driverless car rides successful Austin and Atlanta opening early adjacent year.

The institution said it will “manage and dispatch a fleet of Waymo’s afloat autonomous, all-electric Jaguar I-PACE vehicles that will turn to hundreds complete time” successful those 2 U.S. cities. Uber already provides driverless rides successful Phoenix.