Verne develops two-seat robotaxis and has produced and tested verification prototypes for autonomous passenger transport.
Verne launched what it and the trade press call Europe first commercial robotaxi service, in Zagreb on 2026-04-08, with members of the public booking and paying through the Verne app and Uber integration to follow. The uncomfortable detail for a European champion narrative is that almost nothing in the service is European: the vehicles are 10 Arcfox Alpha T5 units built by China BAIC, and the autonomy is the Pony.ai seventh-generation system, after Verne dropped Mobileye ahead of launch. Safety operators remain on board. The operating zone is roughly 91 square kilometres of Zagreb plus the international airport, at a flat introductory fare of EUR 1.99 per trip. Verne own contribution is the fleet ownership and operation, the app, the back-end infrastructure including cleaning and maintenance through a facility it calls the Mothership, and a purpose-built two-seat robotaxi with no steering wheel or pedals that it has not yet launched: 60 verification prototypes had been produced and tested as of November 2025, with the Lucko factory expected to begin production. Technology scores 2 because Verne develops no self-driving system. The open question is whether a European operator renting a Chinese stack can build durable position, and whether the Croatian two-seater ever ships.
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Verne develops two-seat robotaxis and has produced and tested verification prototypes for autonomous passenger transport. Verne launched what it and the trade press call Europe first commercial robotaxi service, in Zagreb on 2026-04-08, with members of the public booking and paying through the Verne app and Uber integration to follow. The uncomfortable detail for a European champion narrative is that almost nothing in the service is European: the vehicles are 10 Arcfox Alpha T5 units built by China BAIC, and the auto
Verne is on the Robotics watchlist list of Frontier Tech Intelligence with a score of 64 out of 100, below the Top 100.
Verne is based in Zagreb, Croatia.
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