WeRide
About
About WeRide
WeRide builds its vehicle programmes on WeRide One, a shared technology and operations platform. Perception, prediction, planning and control software can be adapted to different sensor arrangements and vehicle types, allowing passenger transport, logistics and street-cleaning products to reuse core development work.
The company also develops the infrastructure behind those systems, including data processing, annotation, storage and model development. Operational software manages trip demand and vehicle utilisation, connecting autonomous-driving capability with day-to-day service delivery. Data from different vehicle applications feeds back into development, while each deployment combines the common technology with its own vehicle hardware and local operating arrangements.
Operations
Output & shipments
- Shipments
2026-03-09 - WeRide planned delivery of 2,000 upgraded Robotaxi GXR units in 2026, with production scheduled to begin in Q3 2026. - Planned 2026 Robotaxi GXR deliveries; production had not begun at announcement
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Deployments
- Operating use
2026-01-31 - WeRide’s Robotaxi GXR global fleet reached 1,023 vehicles as of January 2026. - Robotaxi GXR global operating fleet as of January 2026
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Supply
Supply chain relationships
- Lenovo
Inbound - Compute & Control - WeRide says HPC 3.0 is built on Lenovo AD1 domain controllers for the GXR robotaxi
Source - NVIDIA
Inbound - Compute & Control - WeRide says its mass-produced GXR uses dual NVIDIA DRIVE AGX Thor chips in HPC 3.0
Source - RoboSense
Inbound - Perception - RoboSense EM4 and E1 LiDAR units were selected for WeRide's Robotaxi GXR, with 2,000 units planned
Source - Hesai Technology
Inbound - Perception - WeRide Robotaxi uses Hesai LiDAR
Source - GAC Aion
Outbound - Autonomy Software - WeRide supplies WRD 3.0 assisted-driving software for the GAC Aion N60
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Funding
- 2022-10-29 - Series D+ - $107.8M - WeRide agrees US$107.8M Series D+ financing at US$5.1B post-money
valuation: $5.1B - WeRide’s filing records US$107.8 million of Series D+ consideration under October 2022 agreements at an implied US$5.1 billion post-money valuation. - source: ir.weride.ai
- 2022-03-23 - Series D - $400M - WeRide raises over $400M at $4.4B post-money
valuation: $4.4B - WeRide completed a private financing to continue Level 4 development and commercialization. - source: autonews.gasgoo.com
- 2021-05-13 - Series C - $310M - WeRide closes $310M private financing at $3.3B post-money
valuation: $3.3B - WeRide completed a private financing to fund autonomous-driving research and commercialization. - source: qimingvc.com
Investors
- Alliance Ventures - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2021-05-13
- Alpview Capital - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2021-05-13
- Bosch - Participant - Corporate / CVC - 1 funding event - strategic/corporate - first seen 2022-03-23
- Carlyle Group - Participant - Angel / Individual - 1 funding event - first seen 2022-03-23
- CDBC Manufacturing Transformation and Upgrading Fund - Participant - Strategic Industrial - 1 funding event - strategic/corporate - first seen 2022-10-29
- China Development Bank Capital - Lead - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2022-10-29
- China Structural Reform Fund - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2021-05-13
- China-Arab Investment Funds - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2022-03-23
- CMC Capital Partners - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2021-05-13
- CoStone Capital - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2021-05-13
- Cypress Star - Participant - Angel / Individual - 1 funding event - first seen 2021-05-13
- GAC Group - Participant - Angel / Individual - 1 funding event - first seen 2022-03-23
- Homeric Capital - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2021-05-13
- IDG Capital - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2021-05-13
- K3 Ventures - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2021-05-13
- Pro Capital - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2021-05-13
- Qiming Venture Partners - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2021-05-13
- Sailing Innovation - Participant - Angel / Individual - 1 funding event - first seen 2022-10-29
- Sky9 Capital - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2021-05-13
Financials
- WRD - NASDAQ - USD
Team
- Tony Xu Han - Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
- Hua Zhong - Senior Vice President
Timeline
Events
- 2026-09-14 - Market Signal - Grab plans to grow Punggol AV fleet from 10 to 50
The existing 10 WeRide GXRs had logged more than 110,000 autonomous kilometres and served over 12,000 unique riders. Grab and Singapore’s Land Transport Authority are preparing an on-demand, point-to-point service across selected Punggol locations. Grab reported 30 certified safety operators, including six trained remote operators.
Source - 2026-09-13 - Award - WeRide WRD 3.0 wins eighth China intelligent-driving contest
WRD 3.0 uses a single end-to-end model across perception, prediction, decision-making, driving, parking and active safety. WeRide reports that vehicles using its assisted-driving technology have now won eight rounds of the competition. The company also disclosed roughly 30,000 WRD 3.0 shipments during the second quarter of 2026 and more than 30 vehicle production nominations.
Source - 2026-09-10 - Regulatory - WeRide secures Spain's first national Level 4 passenger-vehicle permit
The ES-AV authorization covers mapping, route validation and operational-readiness testing across high-demand areas of Greater Madrid. The initial vehicles will carry an in-car vehicle specialist while the partners complete deployment preparation and remaining regulatory milestones. Commercial operations are targeted by year-end 2026; the permit is the GXR's first national approval in the EU.
Source - 2026-08-12 - Market Signal - WeRide reports 3,400-vehicle global Level 4 fleet
The global Level 4 fleet reached approximately 3,400 vehicles, including more than 1,800 robotaxis. Average daily domestic robotaxi rides per vehicle exceeded 21, up 24% quarter over quarter, while quarterly ride-hailing revenue increased by about 140%. Zurich robobuses are operating without a front-seat safety operator, which the company describes as the first deployment of that configuration in Europe.
Source - 2026-08-03 - Partnership - WeRide agrees Denmark robotaxi launch with GreenMobility
The planned public service will use WeRide's EU-compliant GXR robotaxi through GreenMobility's mobility platform. The launch is targeted for the first half of 2027 and remains conditional on Danish regulatory approval. The agreement would make Denmark WeRide's first Nordic market and its sixth European market.
Source - 2026-07-29 - Market Signal - Grab announces on-demand autonomous vehicle pilot for Punggol
The planned service would let riders request autonomous vehicles through the Grab app. Grab said public commercial fares were targeted for the fourth quarter of 2026. The operating plan included more than 20 safety operators, six remote operators and a dedicated depot.
Source - 2026-07-17 - Product Launch - WeRide launches WITT physical-world foundation model
WITT is designed to turn real-world video and driving experience into structured physical-world knowledge. The model targets long-tail scenario discovery and autonomous-driving development workflows. WeRide positions the system as a cognition layer built from atomic physical facts rather than a vehicle-control release.
Source - 2026-04-01 - Deployment - Grab and WeRide launch Ai.R autonomous public ride service in Punggol
Grab said the service had completed more than 30,000 kilometres of autonomous testing before launch. More than 1,000 early riders had used Ai.R during the initial phase. Vehicles operated with onboard safety operators and remote operational support.
Source - 2026-02-06 - Partnership - WeRide and Uber expand Middle East robotaxi partnership toward 1,200 vehicles
The programme targets at least 1,200 robotaxis across Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Riyadh by 2027. Expansion remains subject to regulatory approvals and programme milestones.
Source - 2025-11-06 - Market Signal - WeRide completes HK$2.39B Hong Kong IPO
WeRide completed a HK$2.39 billion Hong Kong IPO and began trading on HKEX under stock code 0800. The offering comprised 88.25 million shares priced at HK$27.10 per share. The transaction made WeRide publicly traded on both Hong Kong and U.S. exchanges.
Source - 2025-07-28 - Regulatory - WeRide receives Saudi Arabia robotaxi autonomous driving permit
WeRide announced that its Robotaxi received Saudi Arabia's first robotaxi autonomous driving permit. The company said the permit made its autonomous driving products licensed across six countries: Saudi Arabia, China, the UAE, Singapore, France and the United States.
Source - 2025-07-21 - Product Launch - WeRide and Lenovo launch HPC 3.0 robotaxi compute platform
WeRide said the platform had entered mass production for its Robotaxi GXR fleet. Each HPC 3.0 system uses Lenovo AD1 domain controllers with two NVIDIA DRIVE AGX Thor chips. The partners reported more than 2,000 TOPS of compute and an ASIL-D-oriented design.
Source - 2025-05-08 - Partnership - Hesai robotaxi partners launch services through Uber
Hesai says WeRide robotaxis went live on Uber in Abu Dhabi in late 2024 and expanded to Dubai, with four Hesai LiDAR sensors serving as each vehicle’s primary long-range LiDAR. Pony.ai’s seventh-generation robotaxi fleet uses four Hesai AT-series LiDARs and was scheduled to begin Uber operations in the Middle East, while Momenta was preparing an initial European launch. The announcement shows Hesai-supported robotaxi services moving from pilots toward international commercial deployment across Uber’s Europe and Middle East platform; it covers multiple partner rollouts rather than one new Hesai product launch.
Source - 2025-04-03 - Deployment - WeRide autonomous vehicles operating with Uber in Dubai used Hesai lidar
Each of the autonomous vehicles will be equipped with four Hesai automotive – grade long – range lidars. WeRide’s latest launch in Dubai follows its successful robotaxi launch in Abu Dhabi in 2021. Together, Hesai and WeRide have achieved significant milestones, including powering China’s first commercialized robotaxi service in Guangzhou.
Source - 2024-10-25 - Market Signal - WeRide lists on Nasdaq under WRD
The autonomous-driving company debuted in late October 2024 with an IPO price of $15.50 per share. The listing gave WeRide public-market exposure as a robotaxi and autonomous-driving technology company.
Source - 2022-10-29 - Funding - WeRide agrees US$107.8M Series D+ financing at US$5.1B post-money
Sailing Innovation committed US$37.8 million and the CDBC Manufacturing Transformation and Upgrading Fund committed US$70 million. The related Series D+ shares were issued in November and December 2023, after the October 2022 agreements. The US$5.1 billion mark is a historical private post-money valuation, not a public-market capitalization.
Source - 2022-06-10 - Partnership - RoboSense and WeRide expanded strategic cooperation for large-scale autonomous-driving deployment
With a complete portfolio of LiDAR sensors, AI perception and IC chipsets, RoboSense transforms conventional 3D LiDAR sensors with comprehensive data analysis and interpretation systems. WeRide aims to develop safe and reliable driverless solutions to make mobility and transportation safer, more affordable and accessible. Currently, RoboSense has connected with a number of upstream and downstream partners in the industry to integrate advantageous resources and establish a complete supply chain.
Source - 2022-04-29 - Partnership - WeRide selected Hesai hybrid solid-state lidar for L4 autonomous vehicles under expanded strategic cooperation
Hesai lidar was also documented on WeRide’s Mini Robobus, Robovan and Robosweeper platforms. Pandar lidar had entered road testing and operation on WeRide’s first hundred-unit robotaxi fleet in 2019. By January 2022, WeRide reported more than 10 million autonomous kilometres across over 300 vehicles.
Source - 2022-03-23 - Funding - WeRide raises over $400M at $4.4B post-money
Investors included GAC Group, Bosch, China-Arab Investment Funds and Carlyle Group. The financing exceeded $400 million. The transaction established a $4.4 billion post-money valuation while WeRide remained privately held.
Source - 2021-07-16 - Partnership - Hesai and WeRide formalize lidar supply and autonomous-driving work
The companies also scoped joint work on autonomous-driving technology, V2X and operating scenarios. Hesai’s sensors were intended to provide perception data for WeRide’s L4 autonomous vehicles. WeRide reported more than 5.5 million kilometres of autonomous driving at the time of the agreement.
Source - 2021-05-13 - Funding - WeRide closes $310M private financing at $3.3B post-money
The $310 million figure is the disclosed total for this Series C, not a separate later round. IDG Capital, Homeric Capital, CoStone Capital, Cypress Star, Sky9 Capital and K3 Ventures joined alongside existing backers. The capital supported Level 4 research, commercialization and expansion of WeRide's product portfolio.
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Relations
Relationships
- Grab
Autonomous Mobility Partner - Grab and WeRide jointly operate and expand the Ai.R autonomous mobility service in Punggol, Singapore.
- Uber
Deployment Partner - WeRide and Uber planned at least 1,200 Middle East robotaxis by 2027, subject to milestones.
- AVOMO (Moove Cars Group)
Partner - WeRide, Uber and AVOMO are preparing GXR autonomous passenger operations around Madrid under Spain's ES-AV permit.
Context
Comparable profiles
- Zoox
comparable profile - Robotaxi Operator
- Pony.ai
comparable profile - Robotaxi Operator
- Waymo
comparable profile - Robotaxi Operator
Shared workflows
- Zelostech
workflow adjacency - Autonomous Vehicle Driving
- Aurora Innovation
workflow adjacency - Autonomous Vehicle Driving
- Stack AV
workflow adjacency - Autonomous Vehicle Driving
- HOLON
workflow adjacency - Autonomous Vehicle Driving
- COAST Autonomous
workflow adjacency - Autonomous Vehicle Driving
- Lume Robotics
workflow adjacency - Autonomous Vehicle Driving
Context tags
- Autonomous-driving technology stack - Stack Layer - WeRide reports autonomous-driving products and services across L2 through L4 and multiple vehicle and operating scenarios.
- Autonomous vehicle driving - Workflow
- Robotaxi operator - Peer Group - WeRide reports operating a robotaxi fleet that provides mobility services to end customers. https://ir.weride.ai/static-files/64775d7b-a247-4baa-b482-e7d7f837e631
- AV autonomy software - Stack Layer