Now, you can book driverless taxis across Abu Dhabi

After offering driverless taxi operations in phases across some parts of Abu Dhabi, the service is finally expanded to cover the entire Emirate.

Making the announcement, Abu Dhabi Mobility said it has granted the first two operating permits to WeRide, booked through Uber and Tawasul between 8:00 am and 10:00 pm, and AutoGo–K2 in collaboration with ApolloGo–Baidu.

The permits were provided following the fulfilment of all safety and operational readiness, the authority added. These tests covered performance evaluations, sensor systems, and vehicle responses in real-world traffic conditions in Abu Dhabi.

Abu Dhabi Mobility will monitor vehicle movements and operations in real time, coordinating with operators, through an advanced digital platform that enables live vehicle tracking and immediate logging and analysis of any incidents or violations.

The milestone is the result of the close collaboration between Abu Dhabi Mobility and the UAE Regulations Lab at the General Secretariat of the Cabinet, under the supervision of the Smart and Autonomous Systems Council (SASC), to enable the safe and well-regulated commercial deployment of advanced self-driving technologies in the emirate, in line with the UAE’s approved legislative and regulatory frameworks.

Under the supervision of the Smart and Autonomous Systems Council, and in coordination with the UAE Regulations Lab at the General Secretariat of the Cabinet, @ad_mobility has announced the launch of commercial operations for fully driverless vehicles in Abu Dhabi. pic.twitter.com/gYAcpEIq2J

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As of October 2025, WeRide Robotaxis have accumulated over 800,000 kilometres in Abu Dhabi, with each vehicle completing up to 20 trips per 12-hour shift. Currently, the Uber and WeRide fleet operates the largest commercial Robotaxi network in the Middle East, within an area covering approximately 50 per cent of Abu Dhabi’s core area. WeRide has also been conducting fully driverless Level 4 testing since the second quarter of 2025, the first deployment of its kind in the Middle East. These results are a strong indicator of WeRide’s readiness to transition to fully driverless Robotaxi commercial operations.

AutoGo–K2 has achieved full unmanned, Level 4 autonomous vehicle operation approval on Yas Island in record time, progressing from deployment launch in mid-July 2025 to ITC-certified driverless service by the end of September 2025. Within this short period, the fleet completed more than 100,000 kilometres of on-road autonomous testing, advancing rapidly from Safety Officer operation, to passenger-seat supervision, and finally to real unmanned service with no safety operator inside the vehicle.