{"id":21218,"date":"2026-09-02T23:56:58","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T23:56:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=21218"},"modified":"2026-09-02T23:56:58","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T23:56:58","slug":"what-its-like-to-ride-in-ubers-new-self-driving-taxis-in-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=21218","title":{"rendered":"What it&#8217;s like to ride in Uber&#8217;s new self-driving taxis 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; 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he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The Ford Mustang electric vehicles which make up Uber&#8217;s current small fleet are fitted with the UK tech firm Wayve&#8217;s driverless car technology, which uses AI to analyse data about what is going on around it in real time, gathered by sensors in a bar on the roof of the vehicle and elsewhere.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The vehicles are not pre-programmed &#8211; their actions are determined on the spot depending on what is going on.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Google&#8217;s autonomous car company Waymo and the Chinese tech giant Baidu are also vying to launch services in the UK, and the competition is fierce.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Wayve chief executive Alex Kendall described developing the technology as &#8220;the space race for our generation&#8221; but added there were some &#8220;really hard problems to solve&#8221; along the way.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;What we&#8217;ve done over time is pioneer a completely new approach to autonomous driving, making it possible to bring this to a busy and complex city like London and scale it globally,&#8221; 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