London’s mayor has called for a cap on the numbers of robotaxis on its streets, with the UK government poised to allow fully driverless vehicles to operate in the capital.
His comments came after Chinese robotaxis, now being tested in London, were unveiled by Freenow by Lyft, a rival to Uber.
Freenow by Lyft is hoping to launch fully driverless Baidu robotaxis as early as next year, under a national licensing scheme.
We’ve got to make sure the regulation is fit for purpose before we have a mass rollout of things like automated vehicles,” said Khan.
“We’re lobbying the government for TfL, for London, to have more powers than it currently has on things like automated vehicles.