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Thursday 1 October 2026 — 19 Rabi al-Thani 1448العربية

Last updated 09:42 Gulf time
Dubai desk

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Tag archive

Autonomous driving

Everything the Gulf Auto newsroom has published under “Autonomous driving” — reports, analysis and data tables, newest first.

7 stories

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A self-driving vehicle fitted with sensors

Pony.ai secures a Dubai testing permit and targets commercial operation

The third Chinese company to enter the emirate’s autonomous driving market, after deploying driverless test vehicles.

30 September · 4 min read · 82.3K views

08:20

Emirates Palace in Abu Dhabi

Gulf capital in Formula 1: a presence wider than the number of races

Aramco, Qatar Airways, Etihad and Mumtalakat — the region lost two of three rounds on the 2026 calendar, but its share of the sport’s economy did not shrink.

30 September · 5 min read · 163K views

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A self-driving vehicle fitted with sensors

Data & Rankings

Gulf robotaxis by the numbers: three operators and two cities

A table of operators, cities and the status of each service, in a region that reached commercial driverless operation ahead of most of the world.

27 September · 4 min read · 157K views

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An Apollo Go Apollo RT6 robotaxi on the road in Wuhan, China

Why Chinese companies lead the Gulf robotaxi race

Three Chinese companies operate or test in the UAE while their American rivals stay in their home markets — and the reason is as much regulatory as commercial.

12 September · 5 min read · 201K views

15:20

A self-driving vehicle fitted with sensors

What does “level four” autonomy mean, and how does it differ from what is in your car?

The services running in Abu Dhabi and Dubai are level four, while most production car systems stop at level two — and the difference is fundamental, not incremental.

8 September · 5 min read · 171K views

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The north grandstand at Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi becomes the first Middle East city to run a commercial driverless robotaxi

WeRide operates the TXAI service on Yas Island, the first level-four service available on the Uber platform outside the United States.

27 August · 4 min read · 136K views

16:30

An Apollo Go Apollo RT6 robotaxi on the road in Wuhan, China

Uber and Baidu launch driverless cars in Jumeirah and Umm Suqeim in Dubai

Uber riders in Dubai can now hail fully driverless Apollo Go vehicles, in the world’s first multi-partner autonomous network.

20 August · 5 min read · 109K views