On April 28, the Integrated Transport Centre (Abu Dhabi Mobility) announced the expansion of its Autonomous RoboTaxi service, in collaboration with Autogo, a subsidiary of Kintsugi Holding, as part of a strategic partnership with Apollo Go, a subsidiary of China’s Baidu and a global leader in autonomous vehicle techn

On March 29, Baidu announced that its autonomous ride-hailing service, Apollo Go, has entered a strategic partnership with Autogo, a UAE-based autonomous mobility company and subsidiary brand of Kintsugi Holding, to deploy the largest fully driverless fleet in Abu Dhabi. Initial trials of dozens of Apollo Go autonomo

On March 4, Uber launched Waymo autonomous vehicle (AV) rides in Austin, allowing riders to be matched with a fully autonomous, all-electric Jaguar I-PACE when requesting UberX, Uber Green, Uber Comfort, or Uber Comfort Electric at no extra cost. Riders can unlock the vehicle, access the trunk, and start the trip dir

On March 11, Uber announced a partnership with Refex Green Mobility, a wholly owned subsidiary of Chennai-based Refex Industries Limited, to deploy 1,000 electric vehicles (EVs) across key Indian cities by 2026. The initiative is part of Uber’s global commitment to achieving 100% emission-free rides by 2040.
Under th

On February 25, it was announced that Nuevo León’s state Ministry of Economy and BYD signed a memorandum of understanding to facilitate access to electric and hybrid vehicles for drivers using ride-hailing platforms such as Uber and Didi.
Through this agreement, operators will have the opportunity to acquire vehicles

On February 24, WeRide announced that it was permitted to put the GXR next-generation production Robotaxi into paid unmanned autonomous driving mobility services in Beijing. The services span key locations such as the core area of the Beijing Economic-Technological Development Area and railway stations in Beijing, as

On February 10 through a post on X, Lyft CEO David Risher announced that Lyft plans to launch fully autonomous robotaxis in Dallas, Texas, U.S. “as soon as 2026”.
The robotaxis will be equipped with Mobileye Drive technology for its fully autonomous operations. Lyft will partner with Marubeni, a Japanese conglomerate

Announced on January 15, 2025, Grab and BYD have formed a regional partnership to expand access to up to 50,000 BYD electric vehicles (EVs) to Grab’s driver-partners across Southeast Asia, while increasing the availability of green vehicles to Grab users.
Both parties will also collaborate to facilitate deep IoT inte

On December 10, following a meeting with Tesla’s Investor Relations Head Travis Axelrod, Deutsche Bank wrote that the company expects to need teleoperations, at least at first, as an additional safety measure to back the Cybercab’s camera-based self-driving system. 
“Tesla believes it would be reasonable to assume so

Announced on December 19, 2024, Xanh SM (Green and Smart Mobility JSC), Vietnam-based all-electric mobility service provider established by Vingroup Chairman, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with 9 major partners in Indonesia with the aim of advancing sustainable green mobility. The ride-hailing brand

On November 12, Waymo announced it is scrapping its waitlist for the Los Angeles area and has opened up its robotaxi rides for anyone with the Waymo One app. 
This comes after Waymo rolled out commercial operations in LA earlier in 2024, with nearly 300,000 people joining a waitlist to ride. Now, any interested passe

On October 25, Waymo said it had closed a USD 5.6 billion funding round led by the Google parent, Alphabet, as it looks to expand its autonomous ride-hailing service.
The investment round also saw participation from existing investors including Andreessen Horowitz, Fidelity, Perry Creek, Silver Lake, Tiger Global, an

On October 15, WeRide launched the GXR next-generation production Robotaxi.
Based on WeRide’s Robotaxi operation experience and a drive-by-wire intelligent architecture, the GXR integrates WeRide’s latest innovations such as in-house developed all-scenario Level 4 autonomous driving software and hardware systems, an

On October 8, Uber executives said the company will roll out an AI assistant powered by OpenAI’s ChatGPT GPT-4o, which will answer drivers’ questions about buying and using electric vehicles as opposed to an ICE-powered car to encourage users and drivers to opt for EVs.
Sachin Kansal, vice president of product manage

On September 25, WeRide and Uber Technologies, Inc. announced a partnership to bring WeRide’s autonomous vehicles onto the Uber platform, beginning in the United Arab Emirates. The partnership is expected to launch first in Abu Dhabi later this year. 
WeRide currently operates the largest robotaxi fleet in the UAE. I

On September 17, it was announced that SEV, a Chinese company that sells EVs in Mexico, has been selected by Didi as an EV supplier for its transportation electrification strategy in the country.
Didi's investment of USD 58 million includes the introduction of 100,000 electric units in its transportation service, of

On September 12, GAC Group announced that its intelligent mobility platform OnTime obtained the qualification for demonstration applications (operations) of intelligent connected vehicles in the Hengqin Guangdong-Macao In-Depth Cooperation Zone. This marks the official launch of OnTime’s mixed commercial operations o

On September 13, Uber Technologies and Waymo announced an expansion of their existing partnership to make the Waymo Driver available to more people via Uber.
Beginning in early 2025, Waymo and Uber will bring autonomous ride-hailing to Austin and Atlanta on the Uber app. Uber will manage and dispatch a fleet of Waymo

On September 3, it was announced that China’s ride-hailing company DiDi Chuxing plans to invest around USD 50.3 million to introduce 100,000 electric vehicles (EVs) into the Mexican market.
This investment is expected to be made between 2024 and 2030, seeking to offer its app-based transportation service through this