Under the Uber pilot scheme, services will initially have a human in the driver’s seat who can take control of the vehicle in an emergency, but the trials will eventually transition to being fully driverless.
They will include taxis and “bus-like” services.
“Our vision is to make autonomy a safe and reliable option for riders everywhere, and this trial in London brings that future closer to reality,“ he said.
The technology could create 38,000 jobs, add £42 billion ($57 billion) to the UK economy by 2025, and make roads safer, it said.
“We can’t afford to take a back seat on AI.... That’s why we’re bringing timelines forward today,“ added Technology Secretary Peter Kyle.
Driverless vehicle trials have been underway in the UK since January 2015, with British companies Wayve and Oxa “spearheading significant breakthroughs in the technology”, the ministry said.
According to the government the forthcoming legislation will require self-driving vehicles to “achieve a level of safety at least as high as competent and careful human drivers”.
Driverless taxis with limited capacity are already on the roads in the United States and China, most notably in the central Chinese city of Wuhan where a fleet of over 500 can be hailed by app in designated areas.
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