How robotaxis are dividing San Francisco [View all]

Source: BBC

How robotaxis are dividing San Francisco

28 August 2023

By James Clayton
BBC North America technology reporter

My heartbeat quickens just a little as the cab approaches. It's a bizarre sight, one that I thought I wouldn't see in my lifetime.

The cab has no driver. It stops in front of me and invites me to unlock its door with my phone - before whisking me into the night.

But as I am about to get in, a passer-by approaches.

"They're unsafe," he tells me. He says he saw someone nearly get run over by a robotaxi - and warns me to be careful.

He represents a faction in San Francisco that doesn't like robotaxis - and believes the city has agreed to a dangerous experiment, which is putting lives at risk.

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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-66611513


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