His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Defence, and Chairman of The Govt Council of Dubai, within the presence of His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Second Deputy Ruler of Dubai, inaugurated the Dubai World Self-Driving Transport Exhibition, organised by the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA).
Talking on the event, HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed mentioned: “Dubai continues to strengthen its standing as a world hub for innovation and future-driven applied sciences. Guided by the imaginative and prescient of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, we’re working to make Dubai the world’s most future-ready metropolis, the very best place to reside and the quickest in adopting improvements that improve high quality of life.”
“The Self-Driving Transport Technique is a key a part of the Dubai Financial Agenda D33, which seeks to double the scale of the emirate’s economic system and consolidate its world management throughout sectors. We’ve got adopted an built-in method that prioritises analysis and improvement, attracts funding, and embraces cutting-edge applied sciences to make sure Dubai stays on the forefront of worldwide transformations, particularly within the digital economic system and rising expertise sectors comparable to synthetic intelligence.”
“Our objective is to current the world with a mannequin for autonomous mobility, reinforcing Dubai’s standing as a pioneer in sustainability and a residing laboratory for the long run.”
The exhibition hosts 55 exhibitors representing main corporations showcasing improvements in self-driving autos and buses, robotics and synthetic intelligence applied sciences, in addition to sensible and sustainable mobility. TENSOR unveiled its self-driving autos for the primary time within the area, whereas the Chinese language firm XPENG showcased its autonomous plane. The exhibition additionally featured autos from 5 consortia and firms taking part within the Dubai World Problem for Self-Driving Transport.
The exhibition is being held as a part of the Dubai World Congress and Problem for Self-Driving Transport, with the participation of greater than 3,000 attendees from throughout the globe and over 80 audio system, together with senior officers, researchers, specialists, and builders of superior self-driving applied sciences.
Their Highnesses have been briefed on the newest updates relating to the launch of the self-driving taxi service, the place three main world corporations — Baidu Apollo Go, WeRide, and Pony.ai — have begun pilot operations of greater than 60 self-driving autos in Jumeirah and Umm Suqeim. The service is scheduled to be launched commercially and not using a driver in 2026.
Their Highnesses listened to a briefing from His Excellency Mattar Al Tayer, Director Basic, Chairman of the Board of Govt Administrators of Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority, on the unified visible identification to be utilized to all self-driving autos operated by corporations in Dubai underneath the identify ‘Dubai Future Journey’. These autos will provide passengers an distinctive expertise by interactive leisure screens powered by synthetic intelligence.
They have been additionally briefed on the Dubai Self-Driving Transport Technique 2025–2040, which goals to lift the proportion of journeys made through autonomous transport from the present 20.4% to 25% by 2030 and 36% by 2040.
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