Croatia will offer robotaxi services to the public
Robotaxi’s have made their way into the European market, with Verne officially launching their robotaxis on the streets of Zagreb, being the first to offer a new reality of driverless mobility commercially for Europeans.
Croatia wins the European robotaxi race, now offering rides to the public
Verne operates off of seventh-generation autonomous driving technology from Pony.ai and will be available to book through the Uber app in the near future. The company plans to expand through 11 more cities across the EU, UK, and the Middle East.
Mark Pejković, the Co-Founder and CEO executive of Verne, expresses in Zag Daily, what this accomplishment means for Europeans. “For the first time in Europe there is a real commercial robotaxi service. People can use it and take real autonomous rides.”
Who else wants a piece of the autonomous pie?
Several companies are trailing behind Verne’s tail, as Waymo announced last October that they plan to enter into the British market by 2026. They are currently in the testing phase throughout the city, and hope to launch commercially in September of this year.
MOIA, a subsidiary of Volkswagen, and in collaboration with Mobileye’s technology, is also in the testing phase of their autonomous vehicles, operating primarily in Hamburg, Munich and Berlin, Germany and are also running tests in Norway. They aim to launch to the public at the end of this year or at the beginning of 2027.
Additionally, Lyft, in partnership with Baidu, is also in the running to launch Baidu’s autonomous RT6 vehicles this year in Germany and the UK, planning to bring their already commercially operating vehicles in China over to European soil.
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