SCI & TECH● LOWSep 3 · Sep 3, 2026, 3:16 PM
Driverless robotaxis hit the streets of London
France 24 [en] · western europe
London is entering the era of autonomous vehicles: driverless cabs are now available through Uber and British tech firm Wayve in the capital. It marks a setback for Google's Waymo and Chinese giant Baidu, which have been eyeing Europe as a largely untapped market for autonomous vehicles. But for Wayve, it is its first mass-market rollout, and the company now plans to expand to Tokyo and 10 other cities with Uber.
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