"According to the company's website, Waymo Drivers 'never get drunk, tired, or distracted'. The vehicles employ a mix of cameras, radar sensors, and lidar sensors - a 3D scanning system - within its autonomous fleet. This enables the cars to detect overlapping fields of vision in every direction up to 500 metres away, the company claims. The vehicles are intended to operate without any driver, but currently human 'safety drivers' remain behind the wheel as the cars are tested in London."
"In a statement, Waymo said: 'We will soon begin conducting extensive trials of Waymo's technology as part of our mapping and safety validation work across select boroughs in London.' It added: 'We are not yet offering commercial rides, but our testing hours typically run 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to ensure our technology can safely handle all of London's road conditions.'"
Waymo is trialling driverless Jaguar I-Pace vehicles on London streets with deployments slated across selected boroughs in 2026. The vehicles use cameras, radar and lidar to create overlapping 3D fields of vision up to 500 metres, enabling driverless operation in principle while human safety drivers remain in place during testing. Waymo plans extensive mapping and safety validation work in London with testing typically running 24 hours a day, seven days a week to cover varied road conditions. Waymo has operated in US cities since 2020 and is not yet offering commercial rides in London.
Read at Time Out London
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