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Uber and Chinese autonomous vehicle technology caller WeRide plan to expatiate a commercial-grade robotaxi partnership and bring the Robert William Service to another 15 cities over the next five years . The expansion comes five months after the two company launch acommercial robotaxi military service in Abu Dhabi .
As part of that enlargement , Uber will increase its investment into WeRide by $ 100 million , according to a Wednesday regulatory filing . WeRide say it expects the cash to come through by the second one-half of 2025 .
The companiessaid the expansionwill include metropolis in Europe . Under the partnership , WeRide ’s robotaxi services are available through the Uber app . The human relationship is interchangeable to Uber ’s good deal with Waymo , in which the ride - hail company handles the internet routing and fleet operations , while the self-governing vehicle company remains responsible for the AV tech .
Uber and WeRide , which wentpublicon the Nasdaq in late October , control together in Abu Dhabi and announced plans to add Dubai . In Abu Dhabi , they make with local Tawasul Transport to treat fleet operations .
The additional 15 cities will focalize on cities outside of China and the United States .
Uber has interlock up more than 15 partnerships with a across-the-board - cooking stove of autonomous vehicle engineering companies over the preceding two years acrossride - hailing , obstetrical delivery , and trucking . In the past two months , Uber has announce deals withAnn Arbor , Michigan - establish May MobilityVolkswagen , and Formosan self - drive firm Momenta . It ’s most high - visibility partnership in the U.S. — and one that is commercially function today — is with Waymo . The companies offer a Waymo on Uber service in Austin and are about todo the same in Atlanta .
This write up was originally bring out May 5 . It has been freshen up with Uber ’s capital commitment to WeRide .
