On September 17, Lucid Group and Bolt, the Estonia-based shared mobility platform, announced a strategic partnership to develop and deploy autonomous vehicle services across Europe by combining Lucid's software-defined vehicle platform with Bolt's European data, operating infrastructure, and mobility expertise.
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On September 16, 2026, May Mobility, a global autonomous vehicle technology company, announced that it has entered into a definitive business combination agreement with ACP Holdings Acquisition Corp., a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company, to become publicly listed.
Through the transaction, May Mobili
On September 9, CaoCao Inc. (CaoCao Mobility) announced that the AI ride-hailing service jointly developed with Doubao has been launched in Beijing, Hangzhou, and Suzhou.
Leveraging CaoCao Mobility’s comprehensive scenario-based mobility service system, Doubao’s AI ride-hailing service can more precisely match servic
On September 15 Waymo announced an agreement with Japanese taxi app operator and taxi company Nihon Kotsu, and GO to prepare for the launch of Japan's first fully autonomous commercial taxi service in Tokyo in 2027.
The companies plan to start with a small fleet before expanding to about 100 vehicles across key Tok
On September 14, Waymo announced that it will offer rides to the general public in Las Vegas, marking its push into Nevada beyond its established operations in California, Texas, Florida and Arizona.
The Las Vegas service will join Denver and San Diego in being the first cities to have majority Ojai robotaxi fleets,
On September 10, WeRide, Uber Technologies, Inc., and AVOMO, in collaboration with the Regional Government of Madrid, announced that they have received Spain’s first national permit for Level 4 autonomous passenger vehicles to operate on public roads, within the ES-AV framework.
This launch marks the beginning of We
On September 10, Verne and Pony.ai began fully driverless test rides in Zagreb, Croatia, allowing passengers to travel without an autonomous vehicle operator or other personnel onboard. The announcement follows Pony.ai, Verne, and Uber collaboration to launch Europe’s first commercial robotaxi service.
Pony.ai’s aut
On September 9, Pony AI Inc. and its local partner Mowasalat (Karwa) highlighted the progress of its commercial Robotaxi operations in Doha, Qatar, at the second Autonomous e-Mobility Forum. Pony.ai currently operates a commercial Robotaxi service in Doha in collaboration with Karwa. The vehicles provide fare-chargin
On September 3, Tesla Asia account posted that the Cybercab will be on display in Hong Kong, Tokyo, Beijing and Shanghai later this month. The post followed the Cybercab launch event in the U.S., announcing beginning of services in Austin.
Posts by Tesla Japan and Tesla Hong Kong noted the arrival of the Cybercab t
At its Cybercab Launch event on September 3, Tesla said it was now offering rides in “limited areas of Austin, Texas” in the two-seat robotaxi, a vehicle without a steering wheel or pedals. Tesla AI chief Ashok Elluswamy said that anyone could ride, saying, “It’s open to the entire public.”
The event was relatively
In preparation for Tesla’s Cybercab launch event, the company has been rapidly increasing the number of unsupervised Model Y robotaxis, with nearly 200 operating now without a safety monitor across Austin, Dallas and Houston.
The Cybercab launch will also come days after Tesla won approval from the Nevada Transportat
On September 3, Uber Technologies, Inc. and Wayve launched supervised autonomous rides in London, marking the first time autonomous trips are available in the United Kingdom. This launch is part of Uber and Wayve’s partnership, which included an investment to put Wayve-powered vehicles on the Uber network in 12 marke
On August 20, the Nevada Transportation Authority unanimously approved permits allowing Tesla, Waymo, and Uber to operate paid commercial robotaxi services in Clark County, potentially putting up to 8,000 driverless vehicles on Las Vegas roads over the next 12 months.
Tesla received the largest allocation, with permi
On August 19, Uber Technologies, Inc., Verne, and Pony AI Inc. announced the launch of autonomous rides on the Uber app in Zagreb, marking the first time riders in Europe can book an AV with Uber. At launch, a licensed operator will be on-board monitoring behind the wheel, as part of a phased introduction, before ful
On August 20, Uber Technologies, Inc announced that Baidu, Inc.’s fully driverless Apollo Go vehicles are officially available to riders on the Uber platform in Dubai, with New Horizon Luxury Transport serving as the fleet operator.
Riders in Dubai requesting an UberX or Uber Comfort may be matched with a fully driv
On August 13, Pony.ai Inc. and Uber Technologies, Inc announced an expansion of their strategic partnership. They will deploy more than 2,000 Pony.ai Robotaxis across Europe. The partnership will expand from the existing commercial service in Zagreb, coming soon to the Uber platform, to four additional cities in Euro
On August 11, Chenqi Technology Limited (OnTime) announced that its Robotaxi fleet had recently been officially integrated into the “Tencent Mobility Service” WeChat Mini Program. In operational areas such as Nansha and Guangzhou Science City in Guangzhou, users can now access OnTime’s Robotaxi service through the We
The 2026 SAE Automated Transportation Symposium (ATS) took place in San Diego on July 27–30, drawing OEMs, suppliers, transportation agencies, and regulators together around the task of moving higher automation solutions (SAE Level 3–5) from pilots toward scale. GlobalData’s central finding from the four-day event is
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