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Driverless taxi firm eyes operations in 10 cities by 2020
SINGAPORE: A US software firm which chose Singapore for the world’s first public trial of Driverless taxis hopes to be operating in 10 Asian and US cities by 2020, an executive said on Monday.
Doug Parker, nuTo**my’s chief operating ******r, said the firm is eyeing tests by early next year in three other Asian countries which he declined to name. He said an an**uncement of the test venues would be made within the next month or so. The company last week kicked off the world’s first Driverless taxi service in a limited trial for invited people in a Singapore research campus. Parker, 41, said nuTo**my was also considering trials in the Middle East, the United States and Britain. More than a dozen people in Singapore have already experienced a ride in the "robo-taxi" within the confines of one-**rth, an enclave of tech**logy and science research institutes outside the central business district. "I think people are pretty excited that the car is driving itself. I would say they start apprehensive and scared but by the second block they start to enjoy it," Parker said. The current test car -- a modified Mitsubishi i-MiEV electric vehicle -- plies a 2.5 square mile area with set pick-up and drop off points. Trips must be booked through the company’s smartphone app and are currently by invitation only. Five other test cars -- Renault Zoes -- will be added to the fleet next month. Data from the experiment will feed into the rollout of Driverless taxis across Singapore in 2018, said Parker, adding that by 2020 "we would like to be in 10 cities in Asia, the United States and maybe Europe". He also said a number of real-estate developers from Asia and the United States have contacted the company "about how they can use auto**mous cars in their eco-friendly communities". أكثر... ??????? ??????: Driverless taxi firm eyes operations in 10 cities by 2020 || ??????: ahlam1399 || ??????: اسم منتداك
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