Stellantis, Wayve, and Uber to Launch Robotaxi’s Globally
Robotaxi’s will form the next big disruption to transportation following electrification, bringing with it low cost, fully autonomous taxis for personal use. The business model is often referred to as software as a service, since this is largely a technology challenge that - at its core - is run by software, a sensor suite and AI to interpret the information.
A number of companies, such as Waymo and Tesla, are already working towards that ambitious target of a global fleet of robotaxi’s, but a new partnership between Stellantis, Wayve, and Uber aims to take a slice of that potentially lucrative market.
Some Wallstreet analysts claim that this new frontier in transportation is future multi-trillion dollar industry, so it’s no accident that some big names are entering that market.
The Memorandum of Understanding - signed on 17 June 2026 - will outline the framework for Stellantis, Wayve, and Uber to explore, develop and deploy Level 4 (driverless) robotaxis at a global scale.
Level 4 driverless refers to High Driving Automation:
Control: The vehicle handles all driving tasks in defined geographical areas such as geofenced robotaxis as seen with Waymo, or automated delivery shuttles as used by Amazon in some countries.
Role: No human driver is needed and the vehicle can safely abort and pull over if it encounters conditions beyond its capabilities. This is an unsupervised system.
Each company has its own distinctive project with Stellantis designing, developing and providing Level 4 platforms. Wayve is adding its AI driving technology that interprets the world around it and navigates based on that data, and Uber has an already well-established global platform of driven taxis that will be utilised to deploy a new robotaxi fleet, providing the scale required to get ahead quickly.
Combined, they aim to bring fleets of fully autonomous taxis to large towns and cities around the world in large-scale, geofenced areas.
The benefits to the Customer is that they will be using brands they recognise and already trust, bringing a sense of familiarity and perceived reliability to a new market.
Ned Curic, Chief Engineering and Technology Officer at Stellantis said, “This collaboration brings us closer to delivering a smarter, safer and more efficient mobility for our customers. By combining our L4-Ready Platforms™, designed from the ground up for safe and efficient driverless operation, with Wayve’s adaptive AI and Uber’s global network, we are accelerating the deployment of autonomous vehicles that meet real customer needs and enable seamless mobility at scale in everyday life.”
Whilst Kaity Fischer, Wayve’s VP of Commercial & Operations said, “This partnership brings together three leaders, each with our own strengths: Stellantis’ vehicle expertise, Uber’s global mobility platform and Wayve’s embodied AI. This is just another strong signal that the industry is converging around Wayve’s technology as the way to scale AVs globally, and we’re excited to continue working with Stellantis and Uber to accelerate the promise of autonomy.”
And comments from Sarfraz Maredia, Global Head of Autonomous Mobility & Delivery at Uber added “Successfully scaling autonomous mobility means bringing together the right vehicles, technology, and platform in a seamless way. Together with Stellantis and Wayve, we’re excited to bring safe, reliable autonomy to more riders around the world.”
For now, a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed to outline the framework for future agreements. These agreements will cover R&D, technology, licensing, production, and vehicle manufacturing.
The MoU has no restrictions in place for each company to explore and partner with other companies on autonomy and robotaxi’s.
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