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- The Government in the UK plans to experiment with taxis in London, starting with limited autonomous vehicles on certain roads, aiming for completely commercial launch by the end of 2027.
- The Uber and Wayve’s main companies have joined to test the service, and customers could book a ride via the Uber application after starting trials.
- Officials emphasize that strict security testing will be a priority, acknowledging that London’s complex medieval appearance of the street has represented greater challenges than previous test cities.
The Government of the UK announced plans to begin trials of taxi services on its roads, just as there were blows in LA Waymo cars were lit.
Several vehicles were set on fire on Sunday during protests against American immigration and customs executive raids in Los Angeles and the schedule of Trump’s administration of the National Guard in the region.
The initial plan in London, as the Transport Department, includes a limited number of autonomous vehicles on certain roads – including in the capital.
The government aims to allow companies to fully launch autonomous taxi services in the second half of 2027.
The officials were clear that they would give the priority of security over everyone else.
“We will not allow this technology to be scheduled on our roads unless we are sure that truly strict security tests are fulfilled,” said traffic department Marco Barbato.
The main taxi companies immediately announced interest. US company Uber and UK Wayve said they would be interested in partners so that they could jointly use a plan to launch a vehicle that is driving on London roads independently.
Wayve Executive Director Alex Kendall admitted that testing in a busy city like London would be a challenging environment.
“This is not Phoenix, Arizona,” he said, referring to the city where the company initially started. “It’s not a city similar to a net in the desert where the sun always shines. London is a medieval, structured environment. It has seven times more Jaywalker than San Francisco.”
Early tests, he said, will allow a company to show that “scalable and reliable.”
The partnership will allow customers to use the Uber app to call the Wayve Cars. This is how the setting collaborated with Uber and Google’s Waymo at Austin, Texas Is Uber and Hyundai Motional in Las Vegas.
“Our vision is to make autonomy a safe and reliable option for riders everywhere, and this trial in London is approaching that future of reality,” said Uber and Coo Andrew Macdonald.
This will not be the first time the technological startups have hit London Streets. The city has already seen that the Israeli company Mobileeye tested its bus collision technology on buses. The manufacturer of autonomous vehicles based in the UK has picked up his technology in Oxford and London.
Edited Stacy Elliott.
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