{"id":17845,"date":"2026-03-24T21:28:49","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T21:28:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/chinas-weride-eyes-hong-kong-singapore-roads-for-robotaxi-services\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T21:28:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T21:28:49","slug":"chinas-weride-eyes-hong-kong-singapore-roads-for-robotaxi-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/chinas-weride-eyes-hong-kong-singapore-roads-for-robotaxi-services\/","title":{"rendered":"China\u2019s WeRide eyes Hong Kong, Singapore roads for robotaxi services"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.i-scmp.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/og_image_scmp_generic\/public\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2026\/03\/24\/d6fb6e59-4086-475f-b7e6-c8912505f2ce_8d46838e.jpg?itok=ZgGKNYse&amp;v=1774356982\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\" readability=\"8.434554973822\">Chinese <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">self-driving<\/span> technology developers continue to expand outside the mainland as WeRide seeks to launch robotaxi services this year in Hong Kong and Singapore, according to an executive.<\/div>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\" readability=\"10.727272727273\"><span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">WeRide<\/span>&rsquo;s planned entry into Hong Kong was set to cover both robotaxis and robobuses, said senior director of public relations and marketing Maeve Zhang in a media briefing on Tuesday, without disclosing the operation areas or a launch date.<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Meanwhile, the Guangzhou-based company said it planned to launch Robotaxi GXR, one of its robotaxi models, in Singapore in collaboration with Grab. Starting April 1, passengers in the country would be able to hail a self-driving vehicle using the Grab app, Zhang said, adding that there would be a safety operator on board initially in compliance with local regulations.<\/p>\n<div data-qa=\"InlineAdSlot-Container\" class=\"css-zl1inp e11v3ui14\">\n<div class=\"e11v3ui10 e11v3ui13 css-1umbx1w e1flwkbl0\" data-qa=\"AdSlot-Container\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">China&rsquo;s self-driving giants are racing to conquer markets beyond the mainland, as they see the potential for new business.<\/p>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\" readability=\"10.429245283019\">Baidu&rsquo;s Apollo Go in 2024 became the first company to receive a green light to conduct road tests in Hong Kong. Its vehicles had racked <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">up 20,000km<\/span> of &ldquo;safe driving&rdquo; in the city, the company said in August.<\/div>\n<div data-qa=\"InlineAdSlot-Container\" class=\"css-zl1inp e11v3ui14\">\n<div class=\"e11v3ui10 e11v3ui13 css-1xd1hm8 e1flwkbl0\" data-qa=\"AdSlot-Container\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Guangzhou-based Pony.ai was &ldquo;in talks&rdquo; to expand to Hong Kong, said public relations manager Guo Yu on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><sub>China&rsquo;s WeRide eyes Hong Kong, Singapore roads for robotaxi services<\/sub><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chinese self-driving technology developers continue to expand outside the mainland as WeRide seeks to launch robotaxi services this year in Hong Kong and Singapore, according to an executive. WeRide&rsquo;s planned entry into Hong Kong was set to cover both robotaxis and robobuses, said senior director of public relations and marketing Maeve Zhang in a media&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/chinas-weride-eyes-hong-kong-singapore-roads-for-robotaxi-services\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;China\u2019s WeRide eyes Hong Kong, Singapore roads for robotaxi services&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17846,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17845","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17845"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17845\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}