‘Leicester Square, please guv’: Self-driving taxis cleared for London streets ‘later this summer’
Photograph: WayveView image in fullscreenA Wayve autonomous car on a London street. Photograph: The Lightwriter/AlamyDriverless taxi services are already operating in several cities around the world, although mainly in the US and China, where most of the software developers are based.
- ▪Photograph: WayveView image in fullscreenA Wayve autonomous car on a London street.
- ▪Photograph: The Lightwriter/AlamyDriverless taxi services are already operating in several cities around the world, although mainly in the US and China, where most of the software developers are based.
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A Wayve autonomous car on a London street. Photograph: WayveView image in fullscreenA Wayve autonomous car on a London street. Photograph: WayveSelf-driving cars‘Leicester Square, please guv’: Self-driving taxis cleared for London streets ‘later this summer’Wayve Uber wins first minicab licence for autonomous cabs from TfL but vehicles will have a safety driver (at first)Jasper JollyWed 5 Aug 2026 08.45 EDTLast modified on Wed 5 Aug 2026 08.47 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleThe 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 customers – but with a human safety driver in place, for now.The companies said they would start trips in the UK “later this…
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