Uber has recently announced plans to offer customers free spins in self-driving vehicles it is testing its driverless car sharing service in Pittsburgh. However, Uber is not the only ride-hailing company that has continued this car technology, as the world's first taxi driver course is now operational in Singapore.
nuTonomy announced in a statement that from August 25, users in Singapore would be invited to try the service. The trial will be available in the business district of north, where the Company made self-driving car tests since April.
Autonomous taxi fleet includes Renault Zoe or Mitsubishi i-MiEV electric vehicles that have been modified to read and interpret the data captured by special sensors. The cars will still have a driver behind the wheel, ready to take control if necessary. The engineer will also observe the system performance, the car itself drives around the city.
The service will be available to selected testers, as autonomous walks Uber.
nuTonomy also operates the self-driving cars in Michigan and the United Kingdom, with Jaguar Land Rover is included in the trials. However, the independent taxi service is only available in Singapore now.
The company hopes that it will be able to launch a commercial service widely available robo-taxis in the country in 2018, after the first test.
A video showing the action and press release below follow.
