Europe’s robotaxi market is starting to move beyond tightly controlled pilot programs and toward larger commercial ambitions. Uber (UBER), Verne, and Pony.ai (PONY) launched robotaxi rides in Zagreb, Croatia, in August, while Alphabet’s (GOOG) (GOOGL) Waymo has begun testing autonomous vehicles in Munich ahead of a planned German launch in late 2027.
That accelerating race for the European autonomous-mobility scale is why Lucid Group’s (LCID) latest announcement has caught investors’ attention.