The first taxis without driver began to circulate in Singapore on Thursday in a limited area of the city-state, a world premiere in the race to develop autonomous vehicles
the six taxis “start-up” nuTonomy. – electric vehicles Renault Zoe and Mitsubishi i-MiEV – circulate in an area of four square kilometers, with collection sites and start passengers. The courses to be conducted should be booked through “smartphone”, the application of the company, based in the United States.
“The test represents an extraordinary opportunity to gather the opinion of passengers in a real environment,” he said President and co-founder of the company Karl Iagnemma.
“These reviews will give a unique advantage to nuTonomy, which is preparing to introduce a fleet of autonomous vehicles in 2018,” he added.
Although the driving of vehicles be autonomous, a nuTonomy engineer is on board each way, to observe the operation of the vehicle and to intervene if problems arise, according to the company.
Other initiatives with this new technology have already been announced.
last week, the US company vehicle rental for mobile Uber indicated that it will start using until later this month, driverless vehicles in US city of Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania).
in May, the company Alphabet, giant parent Google internet, announced a partnership with the car manufacturer Fiat Chrysler to develop a fleet of autonomous vehicles, waiting to start using the end of the year.
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