Uber is on an autonomous vehicle partnership spree.
The ride-hail and delivery giant announced Wednesday a deal to bring WeRide’s robotaxis to the Uber platform starting in Abu Dhabi later this year.
The WeRide tie-up is Uber’s latest push to lock in AV partnerships. Waymo vehicles joined the Uber app in Phoenix in October 2023, and that partnership will expand into Austin and Atlanta in early 2025. Cruise robotaxis will also join the Uber app next year, and Uber is working with U.K.-based Wayve, as well.
WeRide secured a license to test its vehicles in the United Arab Emirates in July, part of a growing movement among Chinese AV and EV companies to look to the Middle East — with its friendly regulations and ample funding — to go to market.
WeRide is attempting to go public in the United States, but its IPO has been delayed.
