Self-driving taxis will hit the streets of Dubai in October following the successful digital mapping of Jumeirah 1 area, a senior official from the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) confirmed.
Khaled Al Awadhi, RTA director of Transportation Systems, Public Transport Agency at RTA, said a total of five driverless taxis will be deployed along the 8km stretch of Jumeirah Road between Etihad Museum and Dubai Water Canal soon.
The autonomous taxi are operated by US-based self-driving technology company Cruise, a subsidiary of General Motors (GM), will hit the road in October and will start to take on select passengers as a trail period by December this year, and will be full operational by the second half of 2024.
No official announcement has been made on the fare of these Self-driving taxis yet.
