PRESSR: Abu Dhabi becomes the first city in the region to begin commercial operation of fully autonomous vehicles

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Abu Dhabi – As part of its participation at DRIFTx 2025, held during the inaugural “Abu Dhabi Autonomous Week” and organised by the Smart and Autonomous Systems Council (SASC), the Integrated Transport Centre (ITC), an affiliate of the Department of Municipalities and Transport, has announced the start of commercial operations for fully driverless, Level 4 autonomous vehicles, an unprecedented step in the Middle East and North Africa.This launch is the result of close collaboration between ITC, RegLab at the General Secretariat of the Cabinet, and the Supervisory Committee for Advanced Driving Systems Testing chaired by the Ministry of Interior, under the supervision of the Smart and Autonomous Systems Council (SASC). It reflects the collective efforts to ensure 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.As part of this effort, ITC has granted the first two operating permits to enable the commercial operation of fully autonomous vehicles. Phase one operations will be undertaken by “WeRide” in collaboration with “Uber” and “Tawasul”, and by “AutoGo–K2” in collaboration with “ApolloGo–Baidu”, following the fulfilment of all safety and operational readiness requirements and the successful completion of rigorous testing. These tests covered performance evaluations, sensor systems and vehicle responses in real-world traffic conditions in Abu Dhabi.As of October 2025, WeRide Robotaxis have accumulated over 800,000 kilometers in Abu Dhabi, with each vehicle completing up to 20 trips per 12-hour shift. Currently, Uber and WeRide fleet operates the largest commercial Robotaxi network in the Middle East, within an area covering approximately 50% 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 k...

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