The man putting self-driving cars on Britain’s streets | The Economist Insider

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2026-08-12

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Driverless cars, once a science-fiction staple, are now a common sight in cities from Beijing to San Francisco. London could be next. Journeys in self-driving taxis powered by Wayve, a British startup, could begin later this year, provided a human driver is still in the vehicle. But Wayve and its rivals are still likely to hit bumps in the road. Some of these challenges are technical; others are to do with regulation and public trust. Alex Hern, our AI writer, sits down with Alex Kendall, Wayve’s CEO, to discuss how his approach is different from his American peers’, the risks involved in deploying autonomous vehicles and his bet for when human drivers could become redundant.
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  • Not so long ago, there were many doubts about driverless cars.

  • Today, my only question,

  • how long will it take

  • before the majority of vehicles on the road are autonomous?

  • Alex Kendall, the CEO of Wayve,

  • is one of those hoping to speed up the revolution.

  • I'm Alex Hearn,

  • and this is Inside Tech.

  • Alex, thank you for joining us on Inside Tech.

  • Let's go.

  • Now, as we speak,

  • Uber has just been granted licenses for autonomous vehicles

  • which use your technology,

  • as long as there's a driver present.

  • That's the latest milestone in quite a journey.

  • How does it feel?

  • How important a milestone is it?

  • It's interesting

  • because it's on the one hand quite exciting

  • because we've been building this for a decade