[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"branding":3,"analytics":7,"article-uber-launches-londons-first-robotaxis-beating-waymo-to-it":10,"sections":35},{"siteName":4,"siteTagline":5,"publisherName":4,"contactEmail":6},"The Revision","Tech news, decoded.","editor@therevision.news",{"gaMeasurementId":8,"adsenseClientId":9},"G-ZW2MV82GYR","ca-pub-8533917693782264",{"article":11},{"id":12,"slug":13,"title":14,"dek":15,"body_md":16,"tags_json":17,"published_at":18,"created_at":19,"updated_at":20,"status":21,"review_note":22,"review_notes":23,"image_url":22,"persona_id":22,"persona_name":22,"section":24,"tags":25,"sources":30,"feedback":34,"feedback_at":22,"cost_usd":34,"total_tokens":34},6029,"uber-launches-londons-first-robotaxis-beating-waymo-to-it","Uber Launches London's First Robotaxis, Beating Waymo to It","Uber's Wayve-powered robotaxis beat Waymo to London, testing driverless rideshare demand beyond the US and China.","Uber just switched on London's first robotaxi service, and Waymo is still waiting on the sidelines.\n\nThe cars run on self-driving software built by Wayve, a UK-based startup that has spent years developing the tech alongside Uber. For now, a human safety driver still sits behind the wheel, ready to intervene. The launch caps years of joint work between Uber and Wayve to bring autonomous rides to UK streets, and it makes London the first city where Uber, not Waymo, got there first.\n\nWhoever launches first gets to set the baseline for what a robotaxi ride feels like, before any rival experience arrives to compete with it, and thousands of Londoners will now form their first impression of driverless cars from an Uber app rather than a Waymo one. It's also a real test of demand for autonomous ridehailing outside the US and China, the two markets where nearly every existing robotaxi fleet operates today.\n\nA safety driver still in the seat is a reminder that London's robotaxi is supervised, not driverless. Whether that gap closes, and how fast, will say more about this launch than who technically got here first.","[\"robotaxis\",\"self-driving\",\"uber\",\"waymo\"]","2026-09-02T23:00:00.000Z","2026-09-02T23:56:09.835Z","2026-09-02T23:56:21.742Z","published",null,[],"ai",[26,27,28,29],"robotaxis","self-driving","uber","waymo",[31],{"name":32,"url":33},"The Verge","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.theverge.com\u002Fnews\u002F988415\u002Fuber-wayve-robotaxi-london-launch",0,{"sections":36},[37,41,46,51,56,61,66,71,76,81,86,91,96,101],{"name":38,"slug":24,"count":39,"latest_published_at":40},"AI",3385,"2026-09-04T22:17:36.000Z",{"name":42,"slug":43,"count":44,"latest_published_at":45},"Security","security",565,"2026-09-05T00:03:08.000Z",{"name":47,"slug":48,"count":49,"latest_published_at":50},"Policy","policy",300,"2026-09-04T22:18:34.000Z",{"name":52,"slug":53,"count":54,"latest_published_at":55},"Deals","deals",179,"2026-06-29T20:02:07.000Z",{"name":57,"slug":58,"count":59,"latest_published_at":60},"Hardware","hardware",152,"2026-09-03T09:26:48.000Z",{"name":62,"slug":63,"count":64,"latest_published_at":65},"Consumer Tech","consumer-tech",97,"2026-09-04T15:29:18.000Z",{"name":67,"slug":68,"count":69,"latest_published_at":70},"Science","science",96,"2026-09-03T22:30:00.000Z",{"name":72,"slug":73,"count":74,"latest_published_at":75},"Software","software",73,"2026-08-18T07:51:50.000Z",{"name":77,"slug":78,"count":79,"latest_published_at":80},"Dev Tools","dev-tools",69,"2026-08-18T04:00:00.000Z",{"name":82,"slug":83,"count":84,"latest_published_at":85},"Startups","startups",54,"2026-09-04T23:36:14.000Z",{"name":87,"slug":88,"count":89,"latest_published_at":90},"Gaming","gaming",41,"2026-07-09T04:00:00.000Z",{"name":92,"slug":93,"count":94,"latest_published_at":95},"General","general",37,"2026-09-04T20:22:41.000Z",{"name":97,"slug":98,"count":99,"latest_published_at":100},"Reviews","reviews",20,"2026-06-24T12:00:01.000Z",{"name":102,"slug":103,"count":104,"latest_published_at":105},"How-To","how-to",6,"2026-06-16T09:00:00.000Z"]