WeRide

APublic (NASDAQ: WRD; HKEX: 0800)Founded 2017🇨🇳Guangzhou, China

CEO

Tony Han

Overview

WeRide is a commercial-stage autonomous-driving company building products from Level 2 ADAS to Level 4 robotaxis, robobuses, robovans, and robosweepers. It operates or tests in 40+ cities across 12 countries, has autonomous-driving permits in eight markets, and is scaling a global robotaxi fleet of about 1,300 vehicles — including fully driverless commercial service in Dubai and public service in Singapore — with Uber, Grab, Geely Farizon, Renault, GAC, Chery, and other partners.

Main Products

Robotaxi GXR

Active

WeRide's latest purpose-built robotaxi platform, developed with Geely Farizon and deployed across China, the Middle East, Southeast Asia, and Europe.

GXR is operating fully driverless commercial services in Guangzhou, Beijing, and Abu Dhabi, with expanded deployments underway in Dubai, Singapore, Riyadh, and other markets.

Global Fleet~1,300 robotaxis

2026 Deliveries2,000 upgraded GXRs

GEN8 LiDAR Range600 meters

Robobus

Active

WeRide's autonomous shuttle and minibus platform for public transit, campus, airport, resort, and event routes in multiple international markets.

Robobus services include paid central-Guangzhou service, fully driverless operations at Resorts World Sentosa, and European deployments with Renault and transit partners.

Singapore ModeFully driverless public rides

Guangzhou ServicePaid Level 4 route

Use CaseSmart mobility

WRD 3.0

Active

A one-stage end-to-end L2++ ADAS solution that transfers WeRide's Level 4 data, simulation, and autonomy stack into mass-production passenger vehicles.

WRD 3.0 has production design wins across nearly 30 vehicle models and is being rolled into OEM programs with GAC, Chery, and international brands.

Design WinsNearly 30 models

Competition Record4 straight wins

Supported ChipsNVIDIA, Qualcomm, SiEngine

What's Next

Deliver 2,000 upgraded GXRs

Execute the Geely Farizon production plan and move the global operating robotaxi fleet past 2,600 vehicles.

2026

Scale Middle East robotaxi network

Deploy 1,200 robotaxis across Abu Dhabi, Dubai, and Riyadh while expanding fully driverless service areas with Uber and local transport authorities.

2027

Broaden ADAS production programs

Turn WRD 3.0 design wins into larger production deployments across GAC, Chery, Tiggo, Lepas, Omoda, JAECOO, and other OEM programs.

2026-2027

Operations & Revenue

StatusOperational

WeRide operates commercial or pilot autonomous mobility services across China, the Middle East, Europe, and Asia-Pacific, including fully driverless robotaxi service in Abu Dhabi and Dubai, public service in Singapore, and expanding China robotaxi operations.

Revenue Streams

Robotaxi Services and Vehicle Sales

Robotaxi fare service, platform integrations, and GXR vehicle deployments; robotaxi revenue reached $21.2 million in FY 2025.

L4 Vehicle Products

Sales and operations for robobuses, robovans, robosweepers, and other Level 4 applications across mobility, logistics, and sanitation.

ADAS and Data Services

WRD 3.0 and related L2++ ADAS programs for OEMs, plus intelligent data services that contributed to Q1 2026 service revenue.

Key Metrics

Employees

~3,700

Est. Annual Revenue

$97.9M in FY 2025; $16.5M in Q1 2026

Global Robotaxi Fleet

~1,300

Global AV Fleet

~2,800

Markets

40+ cities / 12 countries

Q1 2026 Revenue

$16.5M (+57.6% YoY)

Cash & Investments

~$902M (Mar 2026)

Timeline

2026GXR fleet enters scale-up phase

WeRide and Geely Farizon agree to deliver 2,000 upgraded purpose-built Robotaxi GXRs by 2026, with WeRide expecting the global operating robotaxi fleet to surpass 2,600 vehicles this year.

2026Q1 revenue and global fleet hit new highs

WeRide reports record Q1 2026 revenue of $16.5 million (up 57.6% YoY) at a 34.7% gross margin, a global robotaxi fleet of about 1,300 vehicles, and a total global AV fleet of about 2,800 vehicles. In the quarter it launches fully driverless commercial robotaxis in Dubai and public service in Singapore, and ends the period with more than $900 million in cash and investments.

2025Global robotaxi expansion accelerates

WeRide launches fully driverless commercial operations in Abu Dhabi with Uber and receives major international permits, including a driverless robotaxi passenger-service permit in Switzerland.

2025Hong Kong dual-primary listing

WeRide lists on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange under 0800, becoming a dual-primary listed robotaxi and autonomous-driving company.

2024Lists on Nasdaq

WeRide's ADSs begin trading on Nasdaq under WRD, making the company the first publicly listed robotaxi company.

2019China's first paid public robotaxi service

WeRide launches China's first public paid autonomous ride-hailing service in Guangzhou, covering about 145 square kilometers of open roads.

2017Founded by Tony Han

WeRide is established in 2017 and begins building a full-stack autonomous-driving platform from Level 2 to Level 4.

Funding

Round	Date	Amount	Investors
Series A	October 2018	Undisclosed	Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance and others
Series D	January 2022	Valuation: $4.4B	China-UAE joint sovereign fund, Asia Investment Capital, Bosch, GAC Group, Carlyle and others
Nasdaq IPO + Private Placement	October 2024	Up to ~$458.5M	Public offering and concurrent private placements
Hong Kong IPO	November 2025	HK$2.39B	Public offering (HKEX: 0800)