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London Taxi Firm Addison Lee Promises Self-Driving Cars by 2021
- Startup Oxbotica inks deal with popular London car service
- Nissan, others targeting U.K. too, but capital thought tough
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A fleet of autonomous taxis could roll onto the streets of the U.K. capital within three years, after one of London’s biggest private-hire taxi companies struck a deal with a maker of autonomous vehicle software.
Addison Lee Group, which has about 5,000 cars in active service in the city, signed a strategic partnership with software-maker Oxbotica, the two companies said Monday. Oxbotica was recently also chosen to guide the European Space Agency’s future Mars rover.