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Self-Driving Taxi Trial Begins In Singapore

The world’s major automakers and tech firms may be shooting for 2020 to launch their autonomous vehicle programs, but in Singapore you can catch a self-driving taxi right now. While not yet a fully-fledged production reality, autonomous technolog


The world’s major automakers and tech firms may be shooting for 2020 to launch their autonomous vehicle programs, but in Singapore you can catch a self-driving taxi right now.

While not yet a fully-fledged production reality, autonomous technology start-up nuTonomy has started a trial program of just six vehicles, with a total of 12 cars planned before the end of this year.

Initially the program covers a small area, just four square kilometres of Singapore’s ‘One North’ residential and business district, with specific pick-up and drop-off locations.

Kez Casey

Kez Casey migrated from behind spare parts counters to writing about cars over ten years ago. Raised by a family of automotive workers, Kez grew up in workshops and panel shops before making the switch to reviews and road tests for The Motor Report, Drive and CarAdvice.

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