“Dubai Roads” expects a memorandum of understanding with “Bido Apollo Joe” to start operating experiments for 50 self -driving vehicles

The Roads and Communications Authority has signed a memorandum of understanding with the company (Baidu Apollogo), which is one of the world’s leading companies in providing self -driving solutions, to operate self -driving taxis on a large scale in the emirate, where the company will experimental operation for 50 self -driving vehicles in the coming months, in preparation for the official operation and the launch of the service for the public in 2026.

The Director General and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Roads and Communications Authority, Matar Al -Tayer, and the Director General of Foreign Business at the Bido Smart Command Group Halton New witnessed the signing ceremony of the Memorandum of Understanding between the Authority and (Baidu), which was signed by the authority, Mr. Ahmed Hashem Behozian The sides.

According to the Memorandum of Understanding, Bido Apollo Joe Company operates the sixth generation of self -driving taxis (Robo Taxi RT6), specially designed for self -driving and equipped with more than 40 sensors and sensors to ensure the highest level of accommodation and safety, a model that achieved great success and praise by users in China, and the stage of data collection and experiments will begin With 50 vehicles in the coming months, and gradually rises to 1,000 self -driving taxis in the next three years, according to the standards of efficiency and quality of service provision, and this step is the first international expansion of Apollo Joe in the field of testing and operating self -driving vehicles outside China and Hong Kong.

The company has so far recorded more than 150 million kilometers of safe driving, which enabled it to carry out wide -ranging operations for self -driving taxi services in several Chinese cities, as well as 100%full driver operations, as APOLLOGO has completed more than 10 million self -driving trips, as it is the largest operator of the world of self -driving car.

Global Partnership

Matar Al -Tayer expressed his happiness at the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding with (Bido Apollo Joe), which is one of the most leading international companies in providing self -navigation solutions on a large scale, as it launched the first self -driving taxi service in China, and leads great efforts to integrate artificial intelligence, huge data and automation technologies to build smart future cities.

Al -Tayer said: The memo comes within the framework of the directives of the rational leadership (may God protect it) to enhance the partnership with leading international institutions and companies, to consolidate the emirate’s position in the forefront in the application of advanced and sustainable transport solutions, the application of high -development technologies, and the embrace of experiments on the application of innovative movement solutions, stressing that the memo is an important step in achieving the Dubai Self -driving strategy, aimed at converting 25% of Total transport trips in Dubai to self -driving trips through various means of transportation by 2030, and comes as a continuation of the continuous efforts made by the authority to conduct operational experiments on vehicles and self -driving units, which started in 2016.

Dubai World Leadership

He added: Self -driving movement has become a fait accompli, and global companies accelerate the steps for developing technology and software related to the work of self -driving vehicles, while governments represented in the relevant bodies are working with licensing self -driving vehicles, to develop the infrastructure that self -driving vehicles need, and the development of legislation and laws regulating them, stressing that the Roads and Transport Authority works to enhance Dubai World leadership in the field of self -driving movement, through The experience of operating different patterns of self -driving vehicles, air taxi, and marine means of transportation, with the aim of achieving Dubai Self -Driving Intelligent Mobility Strategy.

Innovative technology

For his part, the Director General of Foreign Business at the Bido Smart Command Group, Halton New, stressed that cooperation with the Roads and Transport Authority supports the efforts of the Emirate of Dubai in adopting innovative technology, and contributes to supporting the vision of the United Arab Emirates, in strengthening its global leadership in the field of self -driving movement.

He said: “APOLLOGO seeks to provide smart, sustainable, and efficient transportation services in various cities of the world, and through close cooperation with local partners, we aim to develop transformational transport solutions that enable societies and contribute to advancing the progress of progress.”

“Our partnership with the Roads and Transport Authority represents the most important international expansion of APOLLOGO’s APOLLOGO service out of China so far, and this cooperation reflects Dubai’s firm commitment to become a global leader in the field of innovation in the solutions of the next generation,” said Mr. Liang Chang, Director General of Foreign Business in the Middle East and North Africa (Apollo Joe).

Traffic safety

For his part, Ahmed Behozian said, he will provide self -driving mobility a better lifestyle for all groups of society and will allow freedom of movement for those who cannot drive currently such as children and the elderly, as it will save a lot of time and effort and will raise the level of traffic safety on the roads, stressing that the future will be for self -driving techniques that will form an essential part of the population movement.

He added: The Memorandum of Understanding contributes to enhancing cooperation and exchanging experiences to develop self -driving technology in the Emirate of Dubai through field experiences and preparing a road map to operate self -driving taxis.