TREE NEWS update: WeRide, Uber and Moove Cars’ AVOMO said on September 10 they obtained Spain’s first L4 autonomous passenger-vehicle operating licence, granted by the DGT under the ES-AV framework, allowing deployment on Madrid public roads. Robotaxi service via the Uber app is expected to launch within 2026 once preparations and regulatory requirements are met. The first phase will deploy dozens of GXR vehicles with safety operators across high-demand Madrid areas — the GXR’s first national-level permit in the EU.
WeRide, Uber and Moove’s AVOMO Win Spain’s First L4 Robotaxi Permit
AI take
The significance lies less in the permit itself than in the structure behind it: a Chinese AV developer, a global ride-hailing platform and a fleet operator sharing one licence, which spreads regulatory and capital risk across three parties rather than one. Madrid becomes a test of whether that consortium model can satisfy European safety oversight, given the first phase still relies on in-vehicle safety operators. Whether the DGT's ES-AV framework becomes a template other EU regulators copy is the open question.
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