Waymo’s Robotaxis Are Coming to London

Wemo is being expanded London, the Go self-driving The developer announced on Wednesday. Google Sister Organization aims to start service next year, When the UK government plans To give permission Autonomous vehicle Beginning on its streets in limited pilot programs. Wemo says that it is working with the government to get the permissions needed to launch it.

It is simply WemoAmerica is the second initiative outside the United States – though it may be the first international Robotuxi Service. The company is experimenting with robotaxis in Tokyo From AprilWhere it works with Japanese taxi company Nihan Kotsu, whose drivers are helping to collect WiMo maps and driving data from the city, and the Japanese ride-home farm go. However, the company will not say when or if it plans to launch an autonomous taxi in Japan.

London can still prove the company’s largest challenge. Not like more car-based cities in the United States, London roads are more wind and narrow, the city layout is the legacy of its pre-Roman and medieval history. “We will adopt the same strict attitude in other cities, such as London testing and deploying,” Wemor’s spokesperson Ethan Teacher wrote in an email. He says that Wemor’s experience in Tokyo will help his software drive in London.

Wemo operates taxi services in five US cities: Phoenix, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Austin and Atlanta. (It manages the next two services Uber App.) It announced plans to launch Dallas, Miami, Washington, DC and Nashville next year. It has also been allowed to test autonomous vehicles in New York City, though it has to be done with the protective driver behind the wheel. The agency says it has provided more than ten million paid rides since its first customer lifted in 2020.

Wemor’s action followed by the UK government This spring announces It will be accelerated for more than a year for autonomous vehicle technology on public road. The government will now start allowing the operating Robotaxis in a small number of starting in 2026.

Government officials are planning to spend almost a year for the data that these vehicles produce before the driverless taxi services are further launched in 2027 in the second half. Homegrown is a British autonomous vehicle developer Wave There is Already announced It will be Work with Uber To handle robotaxis in London.

Transport’s UK Secretary of Secretary Heidi Alexander said in a statement that he was “delighted” with Wemo’s plan. ” [autonomous vehicle] In addition to bringing jobs, investments and opportunities to the Sector UK, accessible transport options will increase, “he said.

Wemo says it will work with the Fleet Operations Farm Move to run a last fleet in London. Mubew Weemor will help manage and transmit vehicles to the electronic ride-heell and maintain the service maintenance and charging dips. Mov is also working with Weemo in Phoenix and eventually Miami.