WeRide Robotaxi

1. 5

   Regulator-cleared or mass marketThis robot

   A regulator has cleared it where approval applies: FDA clearance or approval for a medical robot, a permit to run with no one aboard for a self-driving vehicle, or an FAA approval for routine drone flights. Or: Widely sold: sales in the hundreds of thousands, or a product category you can buy in ordinary shops.

   Placed by: Dubai's Roads and Transport Authority gave WeRide a permit to test cars with no driver (Feb 2026); The UAE government's Regulations Lab approved WeRide to run paid robotaxi rides in Abu Dhabi with no safety operator aboard (10 Nov 2025).

2. 4

   Paying customers

   Delivered to customers who pay for it, beyond a trial, or a paid service the public can use.

3. 3

   Pilot

   Working with a named customer in a real setting, as a trial.

4. 2

   Pre-orders

   Orders, reservations or deposits taken, with nothing delivered yet.

5. 1

   Demo only

   Shown in videos, staged events or a factory, with no units working for customers.

What we couldn't confirm. WeRide listed on Nasdaq in October 2024, but we did not find a clean primary source to cite. A WeRide test car was hit at an Abu Dhabi event in November 2025; a smaller outlet reported police blamed the other driver, which we could not confirm from a trusted outlet. No crash investigations by a regulator were found.