‘Leicester Square, please guv’: Self-driving taxis cleared for London streets ‘later this summer’

The Guardian Business · Published 1h ago

Wayve Uber wins first minicab licence for autonomous cabs from TfL but vehicles will have a safety driver (at first) The taxi app company Uber and the autonomous technology developer Wayve have been granted the first minicab licences in London allowing them to offer self-driving taxi rides to paying

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