WeRide, Uber, and AVOMO Bring Robotaxis to Madrid
The pilot will start with trained safety operators and expand to hundreds of vehicles as WeRide and Uber pursue fully driverless service.
- On Tuesday, June 2, 2026, WeRide and Uber Technologies, Inc. announced plans to launch Spain's first commercial Robotaxi pilot in the Region of Madrid, marking the companies' first joint entry into the European market.
- This pilot marks the fourth of 15 cities outlined under the partners' previous expansion agreement, with 11 additional cities planned by 2030 to deploy autonomous mobility globally.
- AVOMO, a Moove Cars Group company, will manage the Madrid fleet using WeRide's autonomous technology, drawing on experience from operating Uber's fleets in Austin and Atlanta with trained safety operators initially behind the wheel.
- "Together with Uber, we're combining our autonomous driving technology with their mobility platform to accelerate commercialization at scale," said Dr. Tony Han, Founder and CEO of WeRide, as operations scale progressively later this year.
- Following successful commercial driverless operations in Abu Dhabi and Dubai, Sarfraz Maredia, Uber's global head of autonomous mobility, described the region as a natural market for AVs due to a clear regulatory path.
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Urban mobility in Spain could be at the door of a significant change with the arrival of autonomous driving on a large scale. In this context of technological transformation of transport, the company WeRide and the Uber platform have announced their plans to launch the first commercial pilot program of robotaxis in the Community of Madrid.This announcement responds to the operating model of WeRide, based on asset optimization and commercial expa…
The initiative will also mark the first joint entry of both companies into the European robotaxis market, after collaborating in cities in the Middle East such as Abu Dhabi and Dubai The robotaxis aim to land in Spain this year, through Madrid. This was announced on Tuesday by the Chinese autonomous driving company WeRide and Uber Technologies, in which, to crystallize, it would be the first joint entry of both companies into the European market.
WeRide and Uber to launch Spain’s first Robotaxi service · TechNode
WeRide and Uber jointly announced plans to launch Spain’s first commercial robotaxi pilot service in Madrid. The project marks the companies’ first collaboration in the European market and makes Madrid the 12th city in WeRide’s global robotaxi network. With support from the regional government of Madrid, the service is scheduled to launch in 2026. Users will be able to hail robotaxis directly through the Uber app. During the initial phase, vehic…
WeRide and Uber drive the first commercial pilot project of autonomous vehicles in Spain.
WeRide and Uber take their robotaxi partnership to Madrid
The robotaxi map of Europe has been filling in city by city, and on Tuesday Madrid joined it. WeRide and Uber said they will launch what they call Spain’s first commercial robotaxi pilot in the Region of Madrid, with rides bookable through the Uber app and operations expected to begin later this year. The launch […] This story continues at The Next Web
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