Verne has started carrying invited passengers in Zagreb robotaxis with nobody in the vehicle. The rides the public can already book still have a safety operator in the driving seat.
The Croatian firm, backed by Uber and using Pony.ai's driving system, began that supervised commercial service in April 2026. Verne calls it Europe's first commercial robotaxi service.
What changed
On 10 September the company said invited passengers were travelling a 22-kilometre route with no operator and no other staff on board. The route links Verne's headquarters and a business district with Franjo Tuđman Airport. Pony.ai's system does the driving. Verne says a remote team watches the car and does not steer it.
Chief executive Marko Pejković told AFP the empty-vehicle testing began in August, and that he hopes the public can book a driverless car next year. On 13 October the company put an AFP reporter in one of the cars. The agency said that journey was smooth. The front passenger seat had been taken out and replaced with a screen.
These rides are a prototype test under Croatian approvals. They are not the bookable service.
The service people can book
Verne says about 30 cars work in the centre, around the airport and in some nearby areas, and that about 1,500 people use them, with more than 10,000 on a waiting list. The company has held the fare at €1.99. Pejković told AFP the average rating is 4.8 out of five. Those figures are the company's.
Passengers book on Verne's app or on Uber's. London's supervised robotaxi work, already covered on TaxiFeed, still keeps a person in the car.