A self-driving taxi was involved in a ‘minor’ accident in Singapore:VIDEO
A self-driving taxi was involved in a ‘minor’ accident in Singapore
by Andrew J . Hawkins @andyjayhawk Oct 18, 2016,
A self-driving taxi operated by a startup called NuTonomy was involved in an accident in Singapore today, according to a Facebook post by the city-state’s Land Transport Authority. The incident, which was first reported by Reuters, involved the driverless car colliding “at a low speed” with a truck, resulting in damage to both vehicles but no injuries.
It is the first report of an accident involving a self-driving car in Singapore, which has positioned itself recently as a mecca for companies looking to test out autonomous technology. In the US, there have been several minor accidents involving Google’s self-driving cars, but only one of them has been blamed on the car’s software. In May, a Tesla Model S operating in semi-autonomous Autopilot mode was involved in a fatal accident.
NuTonomy launched its pilot last August, in which six driverless vehicles began offering rides, only from predetermined pick-up and drop-off points within a 2.5-square-mile radius. Several weeks later, NuTonomy announced it would be working with Southeast Asian ride-hailing service Grab to allow riders to hail self-driving taxis with their smartphones.
We’ve reached out to NuTonomy and Grab for comment and will update this story if they respond.
http://www.theverge.com/2016/10/18/13317634/self-driving-car-accident-singapore-nutonomy-grab
