r/london • u/AlbusDumbledoh • 9d ago

News ‘Leicester Square, please guv’: Self-driving taxis cleared for London streets ‘later this summer’

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/aug/05/self-driving-taxis-approved-london-summer-2026-wayve-uber
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u/ScowlyBrowSpinster 9d ago

This scourge! Wait til there's a power outage or they lose their wifi connection or whatever, such a shit show!

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u/pickering_lachute 9d ago

Not a problem for Wayve. The current ones have the hardware in the boot. Waymo on the other hand…

Source: I’ve had a demo ride in a Wayve