By Supantha Mukherjee

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -Estonian ride-hailing company Bolt said on Tuesday it has partnered with Chinese autonomous driving firm Pony.ai as it seeks to add driverless cars to its taxi services in Europe.

The companies will first test and validate safety for the fully autonomous, driverless capability before deploying them in various European countries.

“Bolt’s ambition is to be one of the first platforms to provide fully driverless autonomous vehicles in the EU,” CEO Markus Villig told Reuters.

“We aim to do this within a year from the first deployments which are planned for 2026,” he said.

Autonomous driving is dominated by U.S. companies such as Alphabet subsidiary Waymo and Tesla and Chinese competitors including Baidu, WeRide and Pony.ai.

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