{"id":54009,"date":"2026-05-14T14:03:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T14:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/?p=54009"},"modified":"2026-05-14T07:56:54","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T07:56:54","slug":"robotaxi-in-rak-al-marjan-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/robotaxi-in-rak-al-marjan-island\/","title":{"rendered":"Don\u2019t Be Surprised If You Spot a Robotaxi in RAK"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Don\u2019t be too surprised if a driverless shuttle pulls up next to you on Al Marjan Island. <strong>Ras Al Khaimah is already testing robotaxis and robobuses in real traffic<\/strong>, with autonomous vehicles moving around hotels, public spaces, and tourist spots as part of ongoing trials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The self-driving vehicles have <strong>already covered more than 16,000 km<\/strong> during day and night testing on the island. For now, it&#8217;s still in the trial phase, where engineers monitor how the vehicles handle real driving situations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also in RAK: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/uber-is-coming-to-rak-with-taxi-and-limousine-rides\/\">Uber is coming to the emirate soon with taxi and limousine rides<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/5-2048x1365-1-e1778709123280-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-54010\" srcset=\"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/5-2048x1365-1-e1778709123280-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/5-2048x1365-1-e1778709123280-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/5-2048x1365-1-e1778709123280-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/5-2048x1365-1-e1778709123280-1536x768.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/5-2048x1365-1-e1778709123280.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With big openings on the way like <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/first-look-at-wynn-al-marjan-island-here-are-photos-of-uaes-most-elite-resort\/\">Wynn Al Marjan Island<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/coastal-luxury-living-is-coming-to-rak-first-look-at-janu-al-marjan-island\/\">Janu<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/first-look-at-so-ras-al-khaimah-a-stylish-new-resort-opening-at-al-marjan-island-in-november\/\">SO\/ Ras Al Khaimah<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/nh-collection-ras-al-khaimah-al-marjan-island-hotel-to-open-in-2028\/\">NH Collection<\/a><\/strong>, and other beachfront resorts coming to this area, testing robotaxis now gives RAK time to prepare transport systems before visitor numbers grow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another futuristic transport option is also on the way for Ras Al Khaimah. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/dubai-to-rak-trip-in-15-minutes-will-become-possible-with-air-taxi-in-2027\/\">Air taxis will soon connect RAK with Dubai<\/a><\/strong>, cutting travel time between the two emirates to around 15 minutes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Don\u2019t be too surprised if a driverless shuttle pulls up next to you on Al Marjan Island. Ras Al Khaimah is already testing robotaxis and robobuses in real traffic, with autonomous vehicles moving around hotels, public spaces, and tourist spots as part of ongoing trials. The self-driving vehicles have already covered more than 16,000 km [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":54011,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-54009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"tags":[{"id":15448,"slug":"news","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/news\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest News"}}],"countries":[{"id":15497,"slug":"uae","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/uae\/","api_id":254,"title":{"rendered":"UAE"}}],"cities":[{"id":15505,"slug":"rak","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/uae\/rak\/","api_id":6,"title":{"rendered":"RAK"}}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54009","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54009"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54009\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}