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08-25-2016, 10:55 AM
Singapore gets world's first driverless taxis
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SINGAPORE — The world's first self-driving taxis started picking up passengers in Singapore on Thursday, says nuTo**my, the vehicle startup here making auto**mous cars.
Its cars have been undergoing trials (http://mashable.com/2016/04/05/singapore-driverless-taxis/) in the city state for the better part of the past year, and on Thursday started running in a limited 2.5-square-mile business and residential district called one-**rth, with pick-ups and drop-offs limited to specific locations.
But the company may have found itself overwhelmed by the response. When Mashable requested a ride on Thursday, a PR rep told us the car's battery "needed charging", and that we'd have to try again a**ther day. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/25/driverless-cars-starts-singapore/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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SINGAPORE — The world's first self-driving taxis started picking up passengers in Singapore on Thursday, says nuTo**my, the vehicle startup here making auto**mous cars.
Its cars have been undergoing trials (http://mashable.com/2016/04/05/singapore-driverless-taxis/) in the city state for the better part of the past year, and on Thursday started running in a limited 2.5-square-mile business and residential district called one-**rth, with pick-ups and drop-offs limited to specific locations.
But the company may have found itself overwhelmed by the response. When Mashable requested a ride on Thursday, a PR rep told us the car's battery "needed charging", and that we'd have to try again a**ther day. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/25/driverless-cars-starts-singapore/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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