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' existing expansion agreement, with 11 additional cities planned by 2030 to deploy tens of thousands of Robotaxis globally.
- AVOMO, a Moove Cars Group company, will manage the Madrid fleet using WeRide's autonomous technology, drawing on experience operating Uber's fleets in Austin and Atlanta with trained safety operators initially behind the wheel.
- Operations are expected to begin later this year, scaling progressively to fully driverless rides; Dr. Tony Han, Founder and CEO of WeRide, said the partnership aims to "accelerate commercialization at scale."
- The Madrid initiative follows successful commercial driverless operations in Abu Dhabi and Dubai, with Sarfraz Maredia, Uber's global head of autonomous mobility, citing a clear regulatory path as a key advantage.
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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
In collaboration with the government of the Community of Madrid, it is its first joint launch in Europe
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The Caledonian RecordWeRide, Uber, and AVOMO Bring Robotaxis to Madrid
MADRID--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun 2, 2026-
Welcome to the future, to the science fiction scenario where cars travel alone on the road. Before the end of the year it will be possible to order a taxi in Madrid and to come to pick up the passenger a vehicle without a human driver. It is the robotaxis, motor vehicles designed and constructed to travel autonomously without supervision by the driver.
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