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Apollo Go, Pony.ai, WeRide, DiDi, and the fleets adding metal.

A white autonomous robotaxi with a roof lidar on a European street with historic buildings.

RobotaxiZAGREBSept. 10, 2026

Pony.ai and Verne Open Fully Driverless Test Rides in Zagreb

Invited passengers can take driver-out trips on a 22-kilometer public-road route in the Croatian capital, which Pony.ai called a European first for its joint-deployment model.

Li Wei, China desk

A purpose-built silver-white robotaxi with a roof lidar bar on a Chinese city avenue.

ChinaBEIJINGSept. 3, 2026

DiDi Starts Driverless Trials of Next-Gen R2 in Beijing and Guangzhou

DiDi Autonomous Driving opened fully driverless service trials of its R2 robotaxi, built with GAC Aion, for bookings in selected demonstration zones via the DiDi app.

Li Wei, China desk