{"id":87394,"date":"2026-09-03T14:56:40","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T14:56:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/87394\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T14:56:40","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T14:56:40","slug":"we-saw-ubers-new-self-driving-taxi-getting-stuck-in-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/87394\/","title":{"rendered":"We saw Uber&#8217;s new self-driving taxi getting stuck in London"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title = \"We saw Uber&#039;s new self-driving taxi getting stuck in London\"   width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-6aK3lX0ung\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>\nWe saw Uber&#8217;s new self-driving taxi getting stuck in London<br \/>\n<br \/>\nPassengers in London will be able to ride in the UK&#8217;s first robotaxis from Thursday as Uber releases a fleet of self-driving taxis onto the streets of the capital.<\/p>\n<p>The initial rollout will involve 15 Ford Mustang Mach-E electric vehicles fitted with British tech company Wayve\u2019s autonomous driving technology.<\/p>\n<p>The launch marks the first steps towards allowing autonomous passenger services in the UK, but London\u2019s robotaxis will initially operate with a human safety driver behind the wheel.<\/p>\n<p>The driver will oversee each journey and can take control of the vehicle or apply the brakes if necessary.<\/p>\n<p>Passengers will not be able to specifically request a robotaxi through the Uber app. Instead, customers booking a standard Uber ride may be offered a Wayve-equipped vehicle, which they can choose to accept or reject.<\/p>\n<p>Fares will be the same as for standard Uber rides, and passengers will not be prompted to leave a tip after completing a robotaxi journey, Uber said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Subscribe to ITV News on YouTube: http:\/\/bit.ly\/2lOHmNj<br \/>\n\u2022 Get breaking news and more stories at http:\/\/www.itv.com\/news<\/p>\n<p>Follow ITV News on TikTok https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@itvnews?lang=en<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on X: https:\/\/twitter.com\/itvnews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"We saw Uber&#8217;s new self-driving taxi getting stuck in London Passengers in London will be able to ride&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":87395,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[12],"tags":[69783,69771,69787,69778,69770,69776,69789,69780,69781,69791,380,379,69772,69779,69785,69768,69788,69777,69769,3197,69782,69793,19168,69773,69786,69784,69792,69774,69775,69790],"class_list":["post-87394","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-itv-news","tag-ai-driving","tag-autonomous-driving","tag-autonomous-passenger-service","tag-autonomous-taxis-uk","tag-autonomous-vehicle","tag-driverless-cars","tag-driverless-technology","tag-electric-vehicles","tag-ev-taxi","tag-ford-ev","tag-itv","tag-itv-news","tag-london-robotaxi","tag-london-transport","tag-ride-hailing","tag-robotaxi","tag-safety-driver","tag-self-driving-cars-uk","tag-self-driving-taxi","tag-tech-news","tag-transport-technology","tag-transportation-innovation","tag-uber","tag-uber-london","tag-uber-news","tag-uk-robotaxis","tag-urban-mobility","tag-wayve","tag-wayve-ai","tag-wayve-autonomous-driving"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87394","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87394"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87394\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/87395"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}