Dubai's Robotaxi service has now covered more than 4 million kilometres and carried 7,613 passenger trips since launch, a milestone officials say marks real progress toward making a quarter of all journeys in the emirate autonomous by the end of the decade.

The figures were shared by Ahmed Bahrozyan, CEO of the Corporate Technology Support Services Sector and Chair of the Autonomous Transport and Aerial Taxi Committee at Dubai's Roads and Transport Authority. "The Robotaxi service currently has a fleet of 144 vehicles, including 48 vehicles in active operation, completing around 50 trips daily," he said. "Most notably, the service has achieved a 97% customer satisfaction rate, reflecting strong acceptance of the technology and the quality of customer experience."

What the numbers mean for riders

Of the 144 vehicles in the fleet, 48 are currently active on Dubai's roads, together completing roughly 50 trips a day. The 97% satisfaction score suggests riders are largely comfortable with the driverless experience, an important signal as RTA looks to scale the service across a city of more than 4 million residents.

The Robotaxi rollout sits within a broader autonomous mobility push. RTA has partnered with Baidu's Apollo Go, WeRide, and Pony.ai to develop the sector further. Notably, Baidu's fully driverless Apollo Go vehicles are already available to riders through the Uber platform in Dubai, with New Horizon Luxury Transport acting as the fleet operator on the ground.

A 2030 target for autonomous trips

Bahrozyan framed the milestone against Dubai's wider ambitions. "The operational performance represents an important milestone in Dubai's journey towards its strategic target of making 25% of all transportation trips autonomous by 2030," he said.

That target sits alongside strong growth across Dubai's public transport network more broadly. Public transport, shared mobility and taxi services together carried 348 million riders in the first half of 2026, with average daily ridership reaching 1.9 million over the same period. While those figures cover the transport network as a whole rather than autonomous vehicles specifically, they point to the scale of demand that RTA is aiming to eventually serve with self-driving options.

For now, the Robotaxi service remains a small but growing part of that picture, with a limited but active fleet building up real-world driving data and rider feedback as Dubai works toward its 2030 autonomous mobility goal.

Reported by Government of Dubai Media Office.