Lyft, Baidu to start testing robotaxis in London.
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Lyft, Baidu to start testing robotaxis in London. London would see Europe's first commercial deployment of self-driving taxis, which already operate in the US and China. Chinese tech giant Baidu will start testing its autonomous vehicles in London "in the coming weeks", US ride-hailing platform Lyft, its partner on launching the capital's robotaxi service, told AFP Wednesday. It comes after Wayve, a British startup specialised in artificial intelligence for self-driving vehicles, said Monday it was ready to launch its robotaxi service with Uber in London as early as this summer. Lyft executive Jeremy Bird told AFP that his company's "autonomous vehicles will be on the (London) streets soon, in the coming weeks" after already arriving. "They need to get inspected and pass (tests)... and then they'll be out on the streets," Bird said, adding that the company hopes to launch commercial operations this year. Self-driving taxis are already in operation in the United States and in China, but a commercial deployment in London would be a first for Europe. Customers will have to wait a little longer for fully driverless taxi rides in the British capital, however, as Wayve plans to launch its vehicles with an operator behind the wheel. The American giant Waymo, a subsidiary of Google parent Alphabet, hopes also to launch its driverless vehicles in London by the end of 2026...
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