Jameel Motors has announced a collaboration with autonomous driving company WeRide to expand driverless taxi services in the UAE, with the partnership already producing results on Dubai’s streets.
Since March 31, 2026, WeRide has been running fully driverless commercial Robotaxi operations along routes in Jumeirah and Umm Suqeim. The vehicles are Farizon SV electric vans, supplied through Jameel Motors’ investment in Farizon Auto, the commercial vehicle arm of Geely Holding Group. WeRide provides the autonomous driving technology and platform; Jameel Motors’ contribution is the fleet itself.
The Farizon SV received a five-star Euro-NCAP safety rating in 2025 and was a second-place finalist for the International Van of the Year award. WeRide says it currently has close to 250 Robotaxis operating across the Middle East.
The timeline for Dubai’s autonomous vehicle rollout has moved quickly. WeRide’s service graduated from supervised trials in December 2025 to a driverless vehicle permit issued in February 2026, making it one of the earlier city-scale commercial driverless operations anywhere in the world.
“Autonomous mobility is entering an exciting new phase in Dubai, moving from testing and pilot programs into full commercialization and real, city-scale services. Through our collaboration with WeRide, Jameel Motors is proud to support the enablement of a scalable and reliable ecosystem that underpins this transition, strengthens customer trust, and delivers real value across the wider transport landscape, in support of the UAE’s ambitious vision for the future of mobility,” Yousef Hussein, CEO Middle East & Levant at Jameel Motors said in a statement.
The broader policy backdrop is the Dubai Future Foundation’s target for 25 per cent of all journeys in the emirate to be autonomous by 2030.
The Jameel Motors and WeRide arrangement is structured to scale toward that goal, with the two companies describing plans to expand services across Dubai and eventually the wider UAE.
