--- title: Pony.ai and Uber to put more than 2,000 Chinese... description: Pony.ai and Uber are expanding their partnership to deploy more than 2,000 robotaxis across Europe, launching first in Zagreb with local partner Verne,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/pony-ai-and-uber-to-put-more-than-2-000-chinese-robotaxis-on-european-streets-j6m7ju8pm twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Pony.ai and Uber to put more than 2,000 Chinese robotaxis on European streets | daily.dev og:description: Pony.ai and Uber are expanding their partnership to deploy more than 2,000 robotaxis across Europe, launching first in Zagreb with local partner Verne,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/pony-ai-and-uber-to-put-more-than-2-000-chinese-robotaxis-on-european-streets-j6m7ju8pm og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/j6m7JU8pM.png og:image:alt: Pony.ai and Uber to put more than 2,000 Chinese robotaxis on European streets og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Pony.ai and Uber to put more than 2,000 Chinese robotaxis on European streets **[The Next Web](https://daily.dev/sources/tnw)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Pony.ai and Uber are expanding their partnership to deploy more than 2,000 robotaxis across Europe, launching first in Zagreb with local partner Verne, followed by four more European cities and a planned Middle East rollout. Pony.ai supplies Level 4 self-driving tech and operational expertise, Uber provides the booking and payments platform, and local partners own the fleets, letting Pony.ai avoid heavy capital and regulatory costs. Pony.ai already runs paid driverless robotaxis in four Chinese cities and claims city-wide breakeven economics in some markets. The deal arrives as EU regulators grow wary of Chinese tech collecting mapping and movement data, echoing scrutiny already applied to Chinese EV makers and telecom vendors. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### Which company is bringing Chinese robotaxi technology to European cities through Uber's app? Pony.ai is partnering with Uber to deploy more than 2,000 robotaxis across Europe. Pony.ai supplies the Level 4 self-driving technology and operational expertise, Uber provides the booking, payment, and customer service platform, and local partners such as Croatia's Verne own and operate the vehicle fleets. Zagreb is the first city, launching on Uber's platform, with four more European cities and a Middle East deployment planned afterward. _Anyone tracking how Chinese autonomous driving tech is entering Western markets can follow developments like this on daily.dev._ ### How does Pony.ai make money from its robotaxi fleet in China compared to Western self-driving companies? Pony.ai runs paid, fully driverless robotaxis in four Chinese cities and says it has reached city-wide breakeven unit economics in several of those markets, a claim few Western robotaxi operators can currently make. That operational track record is what makes it an attractive supplier for Uber, which prefers partnering with companies that have already absorbed the costly years of testing rather than building autonomous driving technology from scratch. _Developers weighing the economics of autonomous mobility ventures can keep up with cases like this through daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Europe’s first truly driverless robotaxi is running in Croatia, on Chinese software](https://daily.dev/posts/europe-s-first-truly-driverless-robotaxi-is-running-in-croatia-on-chinese-software-rtlzgrqjm) · The Next Web · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Stellantis teams up with Pony.ai to develop robotaxis in Europe](https://daily.dev/posts/stellantis-teams-up-with-pony-ai-to-develop-robotaxis-in-europe-ough40yhw) · TechCrunch · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Uber’s first European AV rides go live in Zagreb, with a safety driver](https://daily.dev/posts/uber-s-first-european-av-rides-go-live-in-zagreb-with-a-safety-driver-gltaqk0ds) · The Next Web · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [China’s Pony.ai plans to triple global robotaxi fleet by the end of 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/china-s-pony-ai-plans-to-triple-global-robotaxi-fleet-by-the-end-of-2026-6w6uj4pij) · TechCrunch · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#data-privacy](https://daily.dev/tags/data-privacy), [#uber](https://daily.dev/tags/uber), [#mobility](https://daily.dev/tags/mobility) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/pony-ai-and-uber-to-put-more-than-2-000-chinese-robotaxis-on-european-streets-j6m7ju8pm) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Pony.ai and Uber to put more than 2,000 Chinese robotaxis on European streets","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/pony-ai-and-uber-to-put-more-than-2-000-chinese-robotaxis-on-european-streets-j6m7ju8pm","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/pony-ai-and-uber-to-put-more-than-2-000-chinese-robotaxis-on-european-streets-j6m7ju8pm"},"datePublished":"2026-08-14T07:20:59.855Z","dateModified":"2026-08-14T10:45:55.205Z","description":"Pony.ai and Uber are expanding their partnership to deploy more than 2,000 robotaxis across Europe, launching first in Zagreb with local partner Verne,...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/6e2914374d2839bd88b4259c558fdb94?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/6e2914374d2839bd88b4259c558fdb94?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"The Next Web","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"The Next Web","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/tnw","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/tnw"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/pony-ai-and-uber-to-put-more-than-2-000-chinese-robotaxis-on-european-streets-j6m7ju8pm","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"data-privacy,uber,mobility","timeRequired":"PT4M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Next Web","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/tnw"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Pony.ai and Uber to put more than 2,000 Chinese robotaxis on European streets"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/pony-ai-and-uber-to-put-more-than-2-000-chinese-robotaxis-on-european-streets-j6m7ju8pm#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"Which company is bringing Chinese robotaxi technology to European cities through Uber's app?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Pony.ai is partnering with Uber to deploy more than 2,000 robotaxis across Europe. 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