“Dubai Roads” expands its global partnerships to operate self -driving taxis in Dubai

The Roads and Communications Authority has announced the expansion of partnership and cooperation with world leading companies in the field of self -driving technologies, to operate self -driving taxis in the Emirate of Dubai, and this partnership includes strategic cooperation with both Uber Technologies, Inc (NYSE: Uber) and Weride (Nasdaq: WRD) where you will launch self -driving vehicles in Dubai via via through Uber platform, along with the Chinese company Baidu through its armor specialized in self -driving APOLLO Go, which is one of the most prominent self -driving solutions in the world, and self -driving vehicle request services.

This cooperation comes within the framework of the authority’s efforts to enhance Dubai World leadership in the field of self -driving movement, transforming it into the smartest city globally, and affirming its position as the best city to live and work worldwide.

The Director General and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Authority Matar Al -Tayer said: These two partnerships with Uber and Weride as a technical partner, along with Baidu (APOLLO GO) formed an important step in achieving the Dubai Self -Driving Intelligent Mobility Strategy, aimed at converting 25% of the total travel trips in Dubai into self -driving trips through various means of transportation by 2030, and these partnerships reflect the commitment of the Roads and Transport Authority to work With technology leaders around the world and formed part of operational experiments on self -driving vehicles, which started in 2016, have witnessed diversity in the past years.

Facilitate the transportation of passengers

Al -Tayer expressed his pleasure in choosing the two companies, Dubai City to be its global platform, to expand its activities in the operation of self -driving vehicles outside their countries, and said: “The operation of self -driving taxis contributes to achieving integration between transportation and transportation systems by facilitating the transportation of collective transportation passengers, in addition to facilitating their access to their final destinations in line with the specialized strategy for the first and last tilt adopted by the authority last year and the first part Or the last of the trip leading from or to the nearest group transportation, as self -driving vehicles contribute to raising the level of traffic safety on the roads, as the human error is the main cause of more than 90% of accidents, as well as the service of self -driving vehicles to serve a large segment of customers, specifically the category of senior citizens, residents and people of determination.

He explained: “Uber will start through Weride as well as Baidu Public Transport. “

Marketing Bido commercially in Dubai

“This ambitious partnership with the Dubai Roads and Transport Authority is the largest international expansion of Apollo Go outside China until now, and it also highlights Dubai’s commitment to consolidate its position as a leading global center for innovation in the field of future transportation. We are committed to providing safe, sustainable and effective services in more regions, through work Along with our local partners to provide quality transfer solutions to broader segments of societies around the world.

Marketing Uber commercially in Dubai

“We are proud to cooperate with the Dubai Roads and Transport Authority to include self -driving vehicles on the Uber platform, starting with our technical .wiride and we are working in Uber to build the future of transport through partnerships with the most prominent self -driving developers worldwide, with the aim of marketing this technology and spreading it widely globally.”

“Dubai is a natural step in our commitment to developing mobility solutions in the Middle East, in addition to our continuous global expansion. We believe that our advanced technology for self -driving and our operational experience, along with the powerful Uber global platform for mobility, will help us to serve millions of consumers in cities around the world,” said Jennifer Lee.

Apollo Go has recorded more than 150 million kilometers to today with safe self -driving vehicles, which contributed to the widespread spread of self -driving vehicle request services in more than 10 Chinese cities. Since last February, APollo Go has started its full driver without a driver across China, and has recently been completed by more than 10 million self -driving trips, making it the largest operator of the world without a driver’s fleet in the world. The sixth generation of Robo Taxi RT6, specially designed for self -navigation services, has a wide welcome and great praise of passengers.

About Uber

Uber’s mission is to create opportunities by facilitating mobility. In 2010, the company started to solve a simple problem: How can a means of transportation with a button mobility?

After more than 58 billion trips, Uber continues to develop its products to bring people closer to their destinations. By redefining how people, food and goods moved into cities, Uber has become a platform that opens new horizons of capabilities around the world.

About war

Weide is one of the world leading companies and one of the first players in the self -driving transportation sector, and it is the first Robo Taxi listed in the financial markets.

Thanks to the smart, multi -use and highly efficient and expensive platform, Weide offers self -level L2 to L4, to meet the majority of transportation needs through a wide range of open roads applications, including transportation, logistical services and public hygiene.

Weide has obtained a prominent position on the Fortune magazine list for the most influential companies in the world for the year 2023 “Change the World”, and was chosen on the (The Future 50) list in 2024 issued by the same magazine. For more information, please visit the website:

About Baidu

BAIDU was founded in 2000, and its mission is to simplify the worlds through technology. Baidu is a leading company in the field of artificial intelligence, and is based on a strong base in the Internet sector. The shares of the company are traded on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange under the name of Bidu, and on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange under the code 9888. ADS represents eight regular shares of the A.

About Apollo Go

Apollo Go, also known as Luobo Kuaipao, is the service of the BAIDU self -driving vehicle service, and one of the most leading companies globally in providing large -scale self -navigation solutions.

As the first fully commercial roboty service and without a driver in China, APollo Go is led by efforts to integrate artificial intelligence technologies, huge data and automation to build smart future cities.