{"id":15153,"date":"2026-06-24T09:45:42","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T09:45:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=15153"},"modified":"2026-06-24T09:45:42","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T09:45:42","slug":"race-for-robotaxi-market-arrives-in-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=15153","title":{"rendered":"Race for robotaxi market arrives in London"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 300px 160px; gap: 2px; width: 460px; background: #eee; padding: 2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u6574\u884c\u5bbd\u5e7f\u544a -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876674\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 90px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876676\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u5de6\u4fa7\u7ad6\u6392 -->\r\n  <div style=\"height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876672\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"height: 500px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876680\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u53f3\u4fa7\u6469\u5929\u697c\uff08\u548c\u5de6\u4fa7\u5b8c\u5168\u5bf9\u9f50\uff09 -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-row: 3\/5; height: 750px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876678\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  \r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e6\" data-zoneid=\"5876682\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n<\/div><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-right:0;padding-left:0\">\n<p>Bristling with sensors and electronic eyes, robotaxis are appearing on London\u2019s streets, slipping silently between red buses and black cabs, as companies battle to lead Europe\u2019s emerging autonomous vehicle market.<\/p>\n<p>British start-up Wayve, in partnership with Uber, is racing to beat US rival Waymo, owned by Google-parent Alphabet.<\/p>\n<p>China\u2019s Baidu is also to launch in the British capital, where winding streets, roadworks and pedestrian traffic bring unique challenges.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLondon has 20 times the amount of road construction than San Francisco and 10 times the amount of vulnerable road users,\u201d said Kaity Fischer, head of business development at Wayve.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve had 2,000-year-old roads, certainly no perfect grid system,\u201d she told AFP ahead of a ride in the company\u2019s Ford Mustang Mach-E.<\/p>\n<p>On the road, every pedestrian and intersection presents a test. The car responded smoothly though, braking where necessary.<\/p>\n<p>Passengers tend to spend the first few minutes of the ride \u201cmarvelling, videoing the steering wheel moving on its own, taking selfies\u201d, Fischer said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Then \u201cabout three minutes in, they\u2019re doing the exact same thing that they do in any other Uber or ride hail \u2014 they\u2019re looking at their phone\u201d, she added.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Britain stands ahead of the European Union in the race to getting driverless cars on the road, thanks to government efforts to speed up regulation.<\/p>\n<p>The Labour government expects the autonomous vehicle sector to generate 38,000 jobs and \u00a342 billion ($55 billion) by 2035.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Backlash \u2013<\/p>\n<p>Londoners will be able to take their first commercial rides with Wayve this summer, with a human operator on board in the initial stages.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Waymo, already operating in 11 US cities using pre-mapped routes, could follow shortly after.<\/p>\n<p>The sector\u2019s complexity means that companies competing in one city may collaborate in another, with one providing the technology and the other managing the fleet and commercial rollout.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Baidu, in partnership with ride-sharing firm Lyft, will be testing \u201cin the coming weeks\u201d ahead of launching in London later this year, said Jeremy Bird, Lyft\u2019s head of global growth.<\/p>\n<p>At its launch, fares are likely to be \u201cpretty similar\u201d to traditional taxis, he told AFP.<\/p>\n<p>Companies are under pressure to get the public on side, after a series of high-profile mishaps.<\/p>\n<p>This year, a string of Baidu vehicles stalled in central China leaving passengers stranded.<\/p>\n<p>Waymo had to recall nearly 4,000 cars after several incidents in which its robotaxis entering closed-off highway construction areas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRobotaxi players know they are just one bad accident away from getting serious pushback,\u201d McKinsey transport specialist Philipp Kampshoff told AFP.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo you have to make sure safety is your absolute priority.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 \u2018Tourist attraction\u2019 \u2013<\/p>\n<p>Waymo product director Saswat Panigrahi has offered assurances that its cars record 13 times fewer serious accidents than human drivers.<\/p>\n<p>The system\u2019s AI technology is \u201cpowerful enough\u201d to detect tiny movements that indicate a pedestrian is about to walk across the road, he said at the South by Southwest tech festival in London.<\/p>\n<p>But for Steve McNamara, head of London\u2019s taxi association, robotaxis are just \u201ca solution to a problem that doesn\u2019t exist\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey are pumping millions and millions of dollars into PR, into spin, into marketing, into convincing politicians, into convincing people that this is a great thing,\u201d McNamara told AFP.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>London\u2019s taxi industry is still recovering from the rise of Uber, which reduced the number of its vehicles on the road to 14,800 in 2024 from 22,300 in 2009.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>McNamara said robotaxis will ultimately become \u201ca tourist attraction\u201d, adding that autonomous vehicles tend to wait until roads are completely clear before pulling out.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s parts of London where it would be sitting there until Christmas Day, if you\u2019re waiting for the road to be clear.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- \u603b\u5bb9\u5668\uff1a\u6700\u5927\u5bbd908px Grid\u7d27\u51d1\u5e03\u5c40 -->\r\n<div style=\"display: grid; 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