First driverless taxi hits the streets of SingaporeThe first driverless taxi began work on Thursday in a limited public trial on the streets of Singapore. A nuTonomy self-driving taxi drives on the road in its public trial in Singapore August 25, 2016. The trial is on an on-going basis, nuTonomy said, and follows private testing that began in April. Nutonomy is one of several companies racing to launch self-driving vehicles, with automakers and technology firms striking new alliances. Swedish automaker Volvo AB said last week it had agreed to a $300 million alliance with ride-hailing service Uber [UBER.UL] to develop a driverless vehicle.

Source: VietNamNet News August 25, 2016 10:30 UTC