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...San Francisco is set to become the first US city where driverless taxis without humans behind the wheel are free to roam the roads and carry paying passengers without restriction, following a landmark decision...
...California’s decision in August to give fully driverless taxis free run of San Francisco’s streets came despite widespread opposition from city officials and public interest groups....
...While Archer has just struck a deal with United Airlines to supply air taxis and Joby has taken on Uber’s flying taxi arm Elevate, both are at early stages in their development and revenues are small....
...He also suggested that a Renault Nissan alliance, announced with no details last year, could lead to the launch of driverless taxi services in France and Japan fronted by the carmakers....
...the $2.25bn that SoftBank last year ploughed into Cruise, the General Motors driverless car unit, and points to an acceleration of efforts by the leading autonomous vehicle companies to launch full robot taxi...
...One PE situation to watch: Carlyle has instructed advisers to sell taxi business Addison Lee by early next year as the private equity firm races to avoid a debt restructuring. More here....
...In his Inside Business column, Richard Waters writes that if CES is meant to be a showcase for the future of technology, then it is a future that is taking a painfully long time to arrive....
...The former fish processing plant is so unremarkable that, at first, my taxi driver speeds right past it. He shrugs as we come to a stop in an empty parking lot across the street....
...One of the business ideas Google has considered for its driverless cars, for instance, has been a taxi-like service that might compete with Uber....
...Additional reporting by Richard Waters...
...Instead, he gave the taxi driver precise instructions to the most convenient ATMs on the guest’s way home....
...The property, including a marina, a golf course, a tennis centre and a driving range, is interconnected with a canal, which allows guests to get around using water taxis....
...“But in New York, your concierge will order taxis, buy plane tickets and book restaurants.”...
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