Chinese Autonomous Driving startup Momenta said on the 30th that it recently obtained Level 4 (L4) Autonomous Driving test approval from the German Federal Motor Transport Authority (KBA). As a result, Momenta can conduct Autonomous Driving tests in all German cities without separate application procedures. Momenta is the first Chinese corporations to obtain L4 test qualifications across Germany.
Cao Xudong, Momenta chief executive officer (CEO), said, "Germany's Autonomous Driving regulatory framework is very strict," and "by obtaining nationwide L4 test approval in Germany, we can validate our technology in real, complex road environments and lay the groundwork for large-scale commercialization of driverless Autonomous Driving services in the future."
Momenta has been focusing on the German market for years and has built strategic partnerships with Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Audi and Volkswagen. In September last year, it selected Munich, Germany, with Uber as the first operating city for the two companies' robotaxi cooperation project.
Uber is also believed to have increased its equity through additional investment at the time of Momenta's listing early this month. According to Momenta's securities registration statement, SMB was allocated equity in the initial public offering (IPO) following its Series C investment in September 2025, and SMB is known to be a wholly owned subsidiary of Uber.
Momenta was listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on July 8. The company aims to implement a variety of Autonomous Driving services—passenger cars, robotaxis, robovans, and robotrucks—based on a single "World Model" (a technology in which AI learns how the real world works to predict the future). Momenta's robotaxis are currently on trial runs in Shanghai, Suzhou, Wuxi and Shenzhen in China; Munich in Germany; and Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).