{"id":375470,"date":"2026-09-03T10:00:26","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T09:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/uber-has-officially-launched-its-driverless-taxis-to-the-public-in-london\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T10:00:26","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T09:00:26","slug":"uber-has-officially-launched-its-driverless-taxis-to-the-public-in-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/uber-has-officially-launched-its-driverless-taxis-to-the-public-in-london\/","title":{"rendered":"Uber has officially launched its driverless taxis to the public in London"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/GXcl2FHGvOk\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Uber has officially launched its driverless taxis to the public in London\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GXcl2FHGvOk\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Uber has officially launched its driverless taxis to the public in London, and is the second city in Europe to do so after Zagreb. It&#8217;s part of a new trial from Uber and Wayve \u2014 you order like any normal ride, then get a notification saying you&#8217;ve been matched with a self-driving car. For now, a safety supervisor is still on board, but the car drives itself. As for the car in the video that got stuck, Wayve responded saying that because there was gridlocked traffic, it took the decision to manually take control. A spokesperson said, &quot;This is exactly the role of the driver in these initial supervised trials, to ensure safety and a seamless journey&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>#uber #driverlesstaxi #taxi #london #news<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Subscribe to ITV News on YouTube: http:\/\/bit.ly\/2lOHmNj<br \/>\n\u2022 Get breaking news and more stories at http:\/\/www.itv.com\/news<\/p>\n<p>Follow ITV News on TikTok https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@itvnews?lang=en<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on X: https:\/\/twitter.com\/itvnews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Uber has officially launched its driverless taxis to the public in London, and is the second city in Europe to do so after Zagreb. It&#8217;s part of a new trial from Uber and Wayve \u2014 you order like any normal ride, then get a notification saying you&#8217;ve been matched with a self-driving car. For now, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":375471,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[128812],"tags":[],"actors":[],"class_list":["post-375470","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-itv-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Uber has officially launched its driverless taxis to the public in London | News ISC Videos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch Uber has officially launched its driverless taxis to the public in London for free, here on News ISC. 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