The black cab's next rival just booked a test drive. uber and pony.ai said on oct 8 they will trial…
the black cab's next rival just booked a test drive. uber and pony.ai said on oct 8 they will trial gen-7 robotaxis on london roads in the coming weeks, part of an expanded european run.
the london taxi driver is now racing a car with no driver.
Context
TechCrunch reported on Oct 8 that Uber and Pony.ai plan to launch a robotaxi service in London as part of an expanded partnership to bring driverless cars to Europe, with testing of Pony.ai's Gen-7 robotaxis to begin in the coming weeks. The Next Web notes Uber already runs Wayve robotaxis in London with a safety driver, and that nobody has said who will own and run the fleet.
MarketScreener and Zag Daily carried the same announcement.
The Oct 8 announcement, the Gen-7 robotaxis and the weeks-away London testing match the sources. The sources describe a test and a planned launch, not a service yet.
'The london taxi driver is now racing a car with no driver' is the author's opinion.
Related work
- TechCrunch: Uber and Pony.ai plan to launch robotaxis in London ↗The announcement.
- The Next Web: Uber and Pony.ai will test Chinese robotaxis in London within weeks ↗Context on Wayve and the fleet.
- Zag Daily: Uber to bring Pony.ai robotaxis alongside Wayve ↗UK operation.
Watch next
- Watch for the first test start date and fleet operator.
Sources
- TechCrunch, Oct 8, 2026techcrunch.com
- The Next Web, Oct 8, 2026thenextweb.com
- MarketScreener UK, Oct 8, 2026uk.marketscreener.com
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The note above is reproduced unedited from the original post, first published on Threads on 10 October 2026 at 13:10 IST. Sources are the papers and datasets the note draws on.
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