‘Leicester Square, please guv’: Self-driving taxis cleared for London streets ‘later this summer’
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Per The Guardian, Uber and Wayve have won London's first minicab licenses for autonomous vehicles. The companies plan to begin offering self-driving taxi rides to paying customers later this summer, with a safety driver on board initially. A full public launch is expected to follow.
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/aug/05/self-d...
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