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September 7, 2021

Driverless cars to arrive on European streets next year

Forget full autonomy (for now) in favour of a car driven remotely by a teledriver.


Maija Palmer

4 min read

From next year, you’ll be able to ride in a driverless car in Europe. It won’t be driven by a lidar-equipped computer, however, but piloted remotely by a human 'teledriver' sitting in a control room somewhere distant.

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