People lined up for test rides offered by WeRide in Guangzhou Science City on Thursday, Nov. 28, 2019. (Image credit: WeRide)Self-driving startup WeRide on Thursday began piloting a robotaxi service using a fleet of Nissan cars in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou. Details: The pilot service began operating on Thursday using ride-hailing app WeRide Go available on Android and Apple’s App Store. Context: WeRide is one of the several driverless car startups vying for a lead in China’s robotaxi industry. Rival Pony.ai began offered its self-driving taxi service to a small pool of volunteers, and clocked more than 40,000 rides as of September.