WeRide

Chinese robotaxi startup WeRide, founded in 2017, is out to transform the world’s car-centric culture to reduce accidents and time lost in traffic. Human error accounts for 90% of road accidents, and drivers lose up to 100 hours a year owing to car congestion. But WeRide sees another challenge threatening global mobility: an aging population, which threatens to slash the number of people who are able to drive, for themselves or others. WeRide is now developing and deploying robovans and robosweepers to perform deliveries and street cleaning, setting cities up for a world with fewer human drivers. WeRide, which listed on the Nasdaq in late 2024, has tested or operated its vehicles in 30 cities across 10 countries, including China, the UAE, France, and Singapore.