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Verne

The company that actually beat everyone to a commercial European robotaxi. Rimac's mobility arm launched paid public service in Zagreb on 8 April 2026 using Pony.ai's stack in a vehicle of its own design, with operators onboard. Verne is now the template for the European route to market: a local operator, a Chinese stack and a national permit.

Furthest stage: Paid, operator onboard Croatia Owner: Rimac Group

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Cities carrying passengers

Paid, pilot or invite-only rides, out of 2 tracked here.

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Cities on the tracker

1 as operator, 1 as technology or fleet partner.

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Countries

Croatia, United Kingdom.

Where Verne is live

Every city on the tracker that Verne touches — as operator, as the app the ride is sold in, or as the stack underneath. A dot marks a city, not a service area.

  • Paid, operator onboardAnyone can book and pay, but a trained operator rides along.
  • Road testingVehicles on public roads; mapping or staff-only rides, no public passengers.
United Kingdom — Road testingUkraineTurkeyTunisiaSwitzerlandSwedenSpainSlovakiaSloveniaSerbiaRussiaRomaniaPortugalPolandNorwayNetherlandsMoroccoMontenegroMoldovaNorth MacedoniaLuxembourgLithuaniaLatviaItalyIrelandHungaryGreeceGermanyFranceFinlandEstoniaDenmarkCzechiaCroatia — Paid, operator onboardBulgariaBosnia and Herz.BelgiumBelarusAustriaAndorraAlgeriaAlbania
Europe — 2 cities where Verne appears, coloured by Verne's own stage in each, not the city's. Countries are shaded by the furthest-along robotaxi service Verne has there, because in Europe the permit is national.

Boundaries from Natural Earth (public domain). Status is Verne's own stage in that city: a city can be driverless for a competitor and testing-only here.

City by city

Verne's stage in each city, furthest along first. Open a row for the launch date, the supervision level and the sources.

Europe1 with passengers · 2 tracked

Zagreb Croatia Paid, operator onboard Operator

Europe's first commercial robotaxi service, launched 8 April 2026 by Rimac's mobility arm Verne on Pony.ai's seventh-generation stack. Since 10 September 2026 it has also run Europe's first driver-out passenger rides — a 22 km invitation-only route to Franjo Tuđman Airport.

Robotaxi

  • VerneSupervisedApr 2026Bookable and paid in the Verne app, trained operator onboard; Uber integration announced.

Sources: Tech.eu · Pony.ai IR · Every operator in Zagreb

Manchester England, United Kingdom Road testing Verne partner

The UK's second robotaxi city: the same Pony.ai, Verne and Uber stack that runs Zagreb, testing without passengers.

Robotaxi

  • Pony.aiTestingOct 2026Gen-7 robotaxis testing from 14 Oct 2026, fleet run by Verne, on Uber; no date for public rides.

Sources: EqualOcean · Every operator in Manchester

Verne in the news

3 entries from the tracker's timeline, most recent first.

  1. Pony.ai, Verne and Uber begin testing in Manchester

    The UK's second robotaxi city, a week after the same partners announced London. No date for public rides. EqualOcean

  2. Europe's first driver-out robotaxi rides, in Zagreb

    Pony.ai and Verne carry invited passengers with no safety operator on a 22 km route to Franjo Tuđman Airport. Pony.ai IR

  3. Europe's first commercial robotaxi service opens in Zagreb

    Rimac's Verne starts paid public rides on Pony.ai's seventh-generation stack, with operators onboard. Tech.eu

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The company

What Verne is, who owns it, and what it has actually deployed — the same record as the glossary entry on the tracker.

Type
Operator
Headquarters
Croatia
Owner
Rimac Group
Founded
2022
Approach
Pony.ai 7th-generation autonomous driving system
Vehicles
Own two-seat electric robotaxi, built in Croatia
Scale
Permitting talks with 11 cities, 30+ more under consideration
Where
Zagreb (commercial)
Rides sold through
Uber
Built with
Pony.ai
Supplies
Pony.ai

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