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Drive.ai Launches Autonomous Taxi Route in Dallas

posted by martyb on Wednesday May 09 2018, @01:33AM   Printer-friendly
from the more-like-a-very-small-bus-route dept.

takyon writes:

A startup has become the first new company to launch autonomous car(s) (archive) following Uber's deadly accident in March:

On Monday, an orange and blue car with the words "Self-Driving Vehicle" prominently displayed on both sides drove itself through the streets of this rapidly growing city north of Dallas, navigating across four lanes of traffic and around a traffic circle.

The car, operated by the Silicon Valley start-up Drive.ai, will eventually become part of a fleet of autonomous taxis that will ferry locals along a predetermined route between the Dallas Cowboys facility in Frisco and two other office, retail and apartment complexes.

While other companies have tested self-driving cars for years and some are in the early stages of offering a taxi service, Drive.ai's autonomous vehicle debut on Monday was still notable. It was the first new rollout of autonomous cars in the United States since a pedestrian died in Arizona in March after a self-driving car operated by Uber hit her.

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  • (Score: 4, Funny) by SomeGuy on Wednesday May 09 2018, @01:51AM (2 children)

    by SomeGuy (5632) on Wednesday May 09 2018, @01:51AM (#677290)

    Hackity hackity hackity....

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 09 2018, @07:43AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 09 2018, @07:43AM (#677361)

    ah, those were the days.
    I wonder if it's still legal to play carmaggedon anywhere...

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 09 2018, @04:33PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 09 2018, @04:33PM (#677490)

      And MIT is working hard to make sure even that safe space won't be soon enough :)

      Sort of like the streets in Carmageddon in fact... :)