Will soon begin testing the first unmanned taxi.
Already this year will begin testing an unmanned taxi on public roads. And after a while unmanned taxi can become a reality. However, while in some U.S. cities.
As reported by the authoritative newspaper The Wall Street Journal, the U.S. auto giant General Motors in conjunction with the company Lyft Inc. announced the beginning of testing a new service – an unmanned taxi. If the project proves successful, it may radically change the current automotive industry.
Close unmanned vehicles General Motors started in the beginning of 2016, when invested half a billion dollars to the company, Lyft, which is a competitor of the world-famous “killer taxis” Uber Technologies Inc. Only American automaker is going to invest billions of dollars into the project of drones.
Detailed information about the testing programme for the Autonomous taxi is still being developed, but it is already known that the taxi will occur through the Lyft app on your smartphone. The client can choose who will come after him: a living man or unmanned vehicle.
The main cars that will participate in the experiment, GM will use a new generation of its electric car, the Chevrolet Bolt EV.
The main competitor of this Uber Alliance, also does not sleep. He is much further along in the research of unmanned taxi and involves the withdrawal of such a service on a commercial basis three years later, i.e. in 2020.
A few days ago the Italian-American concern FCA has concluded an agreement on development of unmanned vehicles with the leader in the industry Google
