Sep. 10 at 11:05 AM
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WeRide, Uber receive permit for Level 4 autonomous passenger vehicles in Spain
WeRide (WRD), Uber (UBER), and Avomo, the autonomous vehicle division of the Moove Cars Group, in collaboration with the Regional Government of Madrid, announced that they have received Spain's first national permit for Level 4 autonomous passenger vehicles to operate on public roads, by Spain's Directorate General of Traffic within the ES-AV framework. This authorization marks a regulatory milestone toward the launch of Spain's first commercial autonomous vehicle service. This launch marks the beginning of WeRide and Uber's joint entry into the Spanish market and represents the fourth of the 15 cities under the WeRide-Uber strategic partnership, with another 11 cities to come by 2030. Under this global partnership,
WeRide and Uber plan to deploy tens of thousands of autonomous vehicles on public roads. Commercial operations in Spain are expected to begin by the end of 2026 following the completion of deployment preparations and the achievement of the necessary operational and regulatory milestones. The permit allows WeRide, Uber, and AVOMO to begin deployment preparation activities such as mapping, route validation, and operational readiness testing, establishing the foundation for future commercial autonomous passenger transport services under the DGT ES-AV framework.
The initial phase will deploy twenty vehicles equipped with WeRide's latest autonomous driving technology, operating under the supervision of an in-car vehicle specialist, and will be deployed across various high-demand areas within the Greater Madrid region. As the first national approval for WeRide's GXR autonomous vehicle in the EU, the permit creates a regulatory benchmark for future vehicle certification and commercialization across the region.
