WeRide, Uber and AVOMO Bring Robotaxis to Madrid in Spain's First Commercial Pilot

Autonomous-driving company WeRide, ride-hailing giant Uber and fleet operator AVOMO said on June 2, 2026 that they will launch Spain's first commercial robotaxi pilot in the Region of Madrid. The project — run in collaboration with the regional government, the Comunidad de Madrid — marks WeRide and Uber's first joint entry into the European market, with public rides booked through the Uber app and service expected to begin later this year.

Each partner brings a distinct piece. WeRide supplies the self-driving stack, deploying its GXR robotaxi on the company's WeRide One platform. Uber provides the consumer mobility layer and demand, surfacing the cars to riders inside its existing app. AVOMO, a company in the Moove Cars Group and already Uber's autonomous-fleet operations partner in Atlanta and Austin, will handle vehicle operations and maintenance on the ground in Madrid. The Comunidad de Madrid is the regulatory partner clearing the way for the cars to carry paying passengers.

As with most robotaxi rollouts, the launch will be staged. The pilot starts with trained safety operators behind the wheel and is designed to transition to fully driverless commercial service as the program hits performance milestones. The companies say the fleet will scale progressively to hundreds of robotaxis, expanding driverless coverage across the city's core urban areas rather than flipping on a large autonomous fleet from day one.

Madrid extends a partnership that is already running without safety drivers elsewhere. WeRide and Uber operate fully driverless commercial robotaxi services in Abu Dhabi and Dubai, with Riyadh expected to follow, and the two have leaned on that Middle East track record to argue they can repeat the model in Europe. The Spanish pilot also lands just weeks after Pony.ai switched on what it billed as Europe's first commercial robotaxi service in Zagreb — a sign that the continent's regulators are starting to open the door to paid autonomous rides.

"Madrid represents an important next step and demonstrates our ability to operate safely," WeRide chief executive Tony Han said in the announcement. Uber's Sarfraz Maredia called Madrid "a natural place to become a leading European market for AVs," while Moove Cars Group chief executive Manuel Puga framed the launch as an "important milestone in AVOMO's international expansion."