World’s First Self-Driving Taxis Hit the Road in Singapore
Singapore’s nuTonomy debuts autonomous cabs, beating the likes of U.S. tech giants Uber and Google
SINGAPORE—Singapore became the first country in the world to launch a self-driving taxi service on Thursday, beating ride-hailing giant Uber Technologies Inc. by mere days to public road tests of a technology that could revolutionize the transport industry.
The trial, although small, illustrates how intense the global race to develop autonomous driving vehicles has become. The field has traditionally been dominated by U.S. tech giants like Uber and Alphabet Inc.’s Google.
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