Wayve’s driverless taxis able to pick up fares in London this summer
Londoners will soon be able to hail AI-powered vehicles through Uber as the British technology company Wayve prepares for its public launch in a few weeks’ time. Wayve, the British company founded by two University of Cambridge students, plans to offer its vehicles to paying passengers in the capital “in the next couple of months”, […]
Wayve’s Fischer says London driverless car novelty will wear off ‘within minutes’
Wayve believes Londoners will stop noticing they are sitting in driverless cars within minutes of using them, as the UK AI startup prepares to launch autonomous vehicles on Uber’s network in the capital. Katie Fischer, Wayve’s vice president of commercial and operations, said the company expected passengers to move quickly from novelty to habit once […]
Transport adviser issues driverless taxi safety warning
Westminster Council’s Chief Transport Adviser, Hugh Brennan, has warned that driverless taxis are a serious collision risk. Waymo is trialling driverless Jaguar I-Pace vehicles in the capital, intending to roll them out to the public in September, says the Daily Telegraph. Although they are being tested with safety drivers on board, the robotaxis have been […]
MP highlights Uber drivers’ autonomous concerns
Plans to introduce driverless Ubers in the UK later this year have drawn political scrutiny, with concerns raised in Parliament hy a London MP over a lack of consultation with drivers and potential job losses across the sector. During a Business of the House session, Clive Efford, the Member of Parliament for Eltham and Chislehurst, […]
Waymo driverless taxi filmed driving in London
A video circulating on Instagram shows what appears to be a Waymo driverless taxi being filmed while driving through London traffic. In the short clip posted on DM News, a man filming from inside another vehicle captures the autonomous car travelling in the middle lane of a London road, positioned next to a double-decker bus. The vehicle’s unusual […]
Waymo announces 19 London Boroughs (and the City of London) as testing sites for robotaxis
Waymo robotaxis have been seen for the first time on London’s. The cars are taking part in trials ahead of the start of the fully fledged operation to pick up passengers in 2026. Waymo, which operates under Google’s parent firm Alphabet Inc, posted an image on social media showing one of its self-driving Jaguar I-PACE […]
Tesla testing driverless robotaxis without a human monitor
An X user has recorded a Tesla Model Y driving in Austin, Texas without a human monitor present. Since Tesla launched its robotaxi service in the city in June, vehicles have always included a human in the passenger seat. Tesla CEO Elon Musk responded to Sunday’s posy, confirming that the company is indeed testing driverless taxis without human safety operators, […]
Waymo robotaxi drives passenger into police standoff
A Waymo driverless taxi drove a passenger into an apparent police standoff in downtown Los Angeles last week, according to ABC News. The Waymo taxi came across a street blocked by police vehicles, as can be seen in this video, before turning into an area that was not blocked off where other vehicles were also […]
Waymo to offer robotaxi services on San Francisco, LA and Phoenix freeways
Waymo has announced that is to begin offering its driverless taxi servicer on freeways across San Francisco, Los Angeles and Phoenix, The move represents a significant first for the Google subsidiary as it continues to scale up expansion amid global and domestic competition in the self-driving industry. A company statement said: “The open road symbolizes […]
London taxi drivers warn that driverless cars could ‘run them off the road’
London’s taxi drivers have called for protection as Waymo prepares to launch its driverless cab service. According to a report by Hyphen, many London cab drivers are warning that autonomous vehicles could “run us off the road” and destroy livelihoods built over decades, says DMNews. But while government ministers hail the move as innovation, local drivers […]