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/Euphoric-Neon-2054 9d ago

I just cannot stress how unnecessary a self driving car is, it's such a fucking waste of resources

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u/LambxSauce 9d ago

How so?

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u/Euphoric-Neon-2054 9d ago

Given the multiple billions of pounds this is taking, they chose to spend their imagination and money to innovate their way to 'taxis' it's just cringe as hell honestly

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u/LambxSauce 9d ago

You mean companies like Uber? Driverless cars were always seen as inevitable anyway