People often talk about self-driving cars and think of big names from America like Tesla and Waymo. But, there are also Chinese companies working on this, like AutoX. There’s a video below that shows how a driverless taxi called RoboTaxi works. It’s driving on city streets in Shenzen, making left turns and passing other cars […]
Driverless Taxi
In a world where technology continues to develop at an incredible pace, one of the most exciting areas is self-driving vehicles. In the table below you will find a (non-exhaustive) list of the main companies that are working on self-driving taxis.
Company | Main Headquarters | Details |
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Waymo (Alphabet Inc.) | Mountain View, CA | Waymo is a Google project and currently one of the leaders in the field of autonomous driving. |
Cruise (GM) | San Francisco, CA | Cruise, owned by GM, works on autonomous vehicles for use in ride-sharing services. |
Uber ATG | Pittsburgh, PA | Uber Advanced Technologies Group was working on autonomous vehicles, but Uber sold this division to Aurora. |
Tesla Inc. | Palo Alto, CA | Tesla is consistently working on upgrading its Autopilot software. |
Zoox (Amazon) | Foster City, CA | Zoox is an Amazon company focusing on fully autonomous robotaxis. |
Baidu | Beijing, China | Baidu is developing an autonomous car and has initiated on-road testing. |
AutoX | Hong Kong, China | AutoX is a startup working on autonomous car technology. |
Didi Chuxing | Beijing, China | Didi is a ride-sharing service that’s developing autonomous car technology. |
Yandex | Moscow, Russia | Yandex has a division focusing on the development of autonomous cars. |
Aptiv | Dublin, Ireland | Aptiv is developing an autonomous driving platform and has partnered with Lyft for on-road testing. |
It’s important to note that many of these companies are still developing their technology and may not yet have a commercial autonomous taxi service available.