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Uber partners with China's Pony.ai for 2,000 robotaxis in Europe
Uber and Pony.ai will add 2,000 self-driving taxis and expand service to four more European cities and the Middle East, the companies said.
- On Thursday, Uber Technologies and Pony.ai announced an expanded partnership to deploy more than 2,000 robotaxis across Europe and the Middle East, scaling their autonomous vehicle operations globally.
- Building on their existing commercial service in Zagreb, Croatia, launched in 2026 with local operator Verne, the companies leverage this hybrid model to expand into additional European cities rapidly.
- Sarfraz Maredia, Global Head of Autonomous Mobility & Delivery at Uber, stated the model integrates Pony.ai's L4 autonomous technology with Uber's platform, noting "next chapter for autonomous mobility is about moving from individual launches to repeatable commercial scale."
- Uber, which partners with Pony.ai in Abu Dhabi and Dubai, aims "to become the world's leading commercialization platform for autonomous vehicles," CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said earlier this month.
- Alphabet-Backed operator Waymo leads globally with around 5,000 vehicles, while rivals WeRide and Baidu Apollo Go ramp up testing and operational plans across Europe to compete for market share.
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Pony.ai and Uber to put more than 2,000 Chinese robotaxis on European streets
Pony.ai and Uber have expanded their partnership to put more than 2,000 robotaxis on European roads, a deal that hands one of China’s autonomous-driving champions a route onto the continent’s streets through an American app and a scattering of local fleet owners. The arrangement is divided as Pony.ai supplies the Level 4 self-driving technology and […] This story continues at The Next Web
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