Nutonomy just beat Uber in the race to launch self-driving cabs

Aug25

by Sindy Cator on August 25, 2016 at 5:26 am

Posted In: Around the Web, Asia, Cabs, Insider, Nutonomy, self-driving cars, Singapore, uber

Earlier this month, Uber announced that it would begin testing self-driving taxis in Pittsburgh sometime this month. But it’s now been beaten to the punch by autonomous vehicle tech firm Nutonomy, which is kicking off public trials in Singapore today. Nutonomy will invite select residents of Singapore to try its service by booking a free ride through its mobile app; passengers will be transported to their destination in a Renault Zoe or Mitsubishi i-MiEV electric car that’s been tricked out with custom components for autonomous driving. As with Uber’s trials, Nutonomy’s public test rides will see an engineer from the…