{"slug": "londons-first-self-driving-taxis-for-hire-hit-the-streets", "title": "London’s first self-driving taxis for hire hit the streets", "summary": "Londoners can now hire self-driving taxis for the first time after Wayve's autonomous vehicles were added to the Uber app on Thursday, with only 15 cars licensed so far. The vehicles will have a human in front ready to take over if needed, and more than 100,000 Uber customers have registered to take autonomous rides.", "body_md": "# London’s first self-driving taxis for hire hit the streets\n\nBy Gwyn Topham Transport correspondentSource:\n\n[The Guardian Technology](https://www.theguardian.com/us/technology)Wayve robotaxis added to Uber app and will have human in front ready to take over if needed – but only 15 cars licensed\n\nLondoners are now able to hire self-driving taxis for the first time, after rides in Wayve’s autonomous vehicles were added to the Uber app on Thursday.\n\nThe chances of landing a robotaxi on request immediately are slim, with only 15 vehicles so far licensed. That contrasts with the more than 100,000 private hire vehicles in the capital – roughly the same number of Uber customers who have registered to take autonomous rides.\n\n[Continue reading...](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/sep/03/london-first-self-driving-taxis-for-hire-wayve-uber)\n\nGet AI news in your inbox\n\nDaily digest of what matters in AI.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/londons-first-self-driving-taxis-for-hire-hit-the-streets", "canonical_source": "https://www.machinebrief.com/news/londons-first-self-driving-taxis-for-hire-hit-the-streets-dvpv", "published_at": "2026-09-03 05:00:44+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-03 06:22:07.267593+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["autonomous-vehicles", "ai-products"], "entities": ["Wayve", "Uber", "London"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/londons-first-self-driving-taxis-for-hire-hit-the-streets", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/londons-first-self-driving-taxis-for-hire-hit-the-streets.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/londons-first-self-driving-taxis-for-hire-hit-the-streets.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/londons-first-self-driving-taxis-for-hire-hit-the-streets.jsonld"}}