Tools · 2026-10-23

inDrive Plans to Test Driverless Taxis in Kazakhstan in 2027

Ride-hailing service inDrive, an Uber competitor, wants to begin testing Pony.ai driverless taxis in the capital of Kazakhstan in the first half of 2027.

✨ What we know

inDrive, which is often called a competitor of Uber, plans to start testing driverless taxis from the Chinese company Pony.ai. The tests are expected to take place in the capital of Kazakhstan, Astana, in the first half of 2027.

The news also mentions Nvidia, which is a partner in this project. This is part of inDrive's broader plan for Central Asia.

📌 What a driverless taxi means

A driverless taxi is a car that can drive on roads without a driver at the wheel. Such vehicles are already being tested in some large cities around the world, but they are still rare.

Testing does not mean that such taxis will appear in regular traffic soon. First, companies check how the cars behave on real roads and in different conditions.

Sources: 🔗 TechCrunch — AI