00:00Uber said 140,000 Londoners have already opted in to show their preference to use self-driving vehicles through the
00:08RideHailing app.
00:10Safraz Maradir, the global head of autonomous mobility at Uber, said they are delighted to bring autonomous rides to Uber
00:18riders in London for the very first time.
00:21Powered by Wave, a homegrown British success story, he added that London is a world-class hub for transportation, innovation
00:30and this launch is a major milestone in scaling safe, accessible AV technology in a city with some of the
00:38world's most complex roads.
00:40Alex Kendall, the chief executive and co-founder of Wave, said they are proud to introduce what they described as
00:48the Wave AI driver to the public for the first time in London, their home city and one of the
00:55most complex driving environments in the world.
00:58Wave was founded in 2017 by two University of Cambridge PhD students.
01:04London will be the first city in the world to use its technology for commercial journeys.
01:10Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander said this is a major milestone for the future of transport in London as British innovation
01:18brings this technology onto our roads and gives passengers more choice.
01:23She added, as this technology develops, they want to support new opportunities for investment.
