Wayve and Uber steal a march on Waymo with paid self-driving London rides

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15 Mustangs on the city streets, but the Nissan LEAF follow-up could dispense with the safety driver

Wayve and Uber have launched self-driving rides in London, but what's more interesting is what is planned for the next few months and years.

As of today, the plan is for 15 electric Ford Mustangs, equipped with the Wayve AI driver, to roam the capital, picking up passengers with a safety driver on hand to keep an eye on things.

However, at a launch event on Thursday, Wayve showed off the follow-up to the Mustang: a Nissan LEAF, which will run the Wayve AI Driver using NVIDIA DRIVE Hyperion. This glimpse into the future was arguably more intriguing than today's electric Mustang.

Unlike the Mustang, the LEAF's self-driving equipment looked as though it might have been part of the car's design, from a roof-mounted sensor pack that followed the roofline,...

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