Wayve and Uber steal a march on Waymo with paid self-driving London rides

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    "title": "Wayve and Uber steal a march on Waymo with paid self-driving London rides",
    "excerpt": "AI AND ML 15 Mustangs on the city streets, but the Nissan LEAF follow-up could dispense with the safety driver Wayve and Uber have launched self-driving rides in London, but what's more interesting is what is planned for the next few months and years. As of today, the plan is for 15 electric Ford Mustangs, equipped with the Wayve AI driver, to roam the capital, picking up passengers with a safety driver on hand to keep an eye on things. However, at a launch event on Thursday, Wayve showed off the follow-up to the Mustang: a Nissan LEAF, which will run the Wayve AI Driver using NVIDIA DRIVE Hyperion. This glimpse into the future was arguably more intriguing than today's electric Mustang. Unlike the Mustang, the LEAF's self-driving equipment looked as though it might have been part of the car's design, from a roof-mounted sensor pack that followed the roofline, through to sensors attached to the wings and bumpers. A Wayve representative told us it had worked with Nissan on the integration. That said, the tech is relatively agnostic when it comes to platforms and sensor configurations. Wayve was, however, a little less forthcoming at the launch event about the underlying technology changes between the Nissan-based prototype on show and the Mustang parked up in front of it. The hope is that the update will reach UK roads next year, although that depends on several factors...",
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