Uber Launches Driverless Robotaxi Service in Abu Dhabi, and Plans Many More

“A year after launching a commercial robotaxi service in Abu Dhabi, Chinese autonomous vehicle technology company WeRide and partner Uber can finally call that service driverless,” reports TechCrunch.

A company official hailed it as “a historic transportation milestone, as the first driverless AV deployment outside of the U.S. or China.” But TechCrunch notes that’s just the beginning:

Uber has spent the past two years locking up partnerships with 20 autonomous vehicle…