{"id":143362,"date":"2026-01-01T03:00:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T03:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=143362"},"modified":"2026-01-01T03:00:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T03:00:11","slug":"how-chinese-robotaxi-giants-are-steering-the-middle-east-towards-a-driverless-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=143362","title":{"rendered":"How Chinese robotaxi giants are steering the Middle East towards a driverless future"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Tech &#8211; South China Morning PostWhen hailing a car on Uber, riders usually choose between economy and premium options. But in certain areas in Abu Dhabi, capital of the United Arab Emirates, the first choice that flashes on the screen is \u201cautonomous\u201d.<br \/>\nThe availability of driverless cars underscores the urgency of the nation\u2019s push to promote clean energy and reduce dependence on oil and gas. At the forefront of this effort are Chinese robotaxi developers, which see the Middle East as one of their starting points for global&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china-future-tech\/ai\/article\/3337979\/how-chinese-robotaxi-giants-are-steering-middle-east-towards-driverless-future?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Tech &#8211; South China Morning PostWhen hailing a car on Uber, riders usually choose between economy and premium options. But in certain areas in Abu Dhabi, capital of the&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143362"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=143362"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143362\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=143362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=143362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=143362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}