Uber and Wayve Plan UK Self-Driving Trial
Uber and SoftBank-Backed Wayve's plans for driverless car trials in the UK are missing key hardware players, according to BloombergNEF Intelligent Mobility Analyst Andrew Grant. He joins Caroline Hyde and Ed Ludlow on 'Bloomberg Tech.' (Source: Bloomberg)
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