受监管与技术双重障碍影响，伦敦自动驾驶出租车的商业化推广进程被迫推迟，今年不太可能实现1。尽管交通大臣Heidi Alexander在2025年将完全无人驾驶出租车商业试验的时间表提前了一年，宣布将于今年春季启动，但伦敦交通局（TfL）至今未出台供企业遵循的指导方针1。同时，完全无人驾驶车辆必须通过驾驶员和车辆标准局（DVSA）的自动乘客服务许可新流程审批，目前尚无车辆获得DVSA批准1。
在带安全员的试运营方面，Uber与Wayve已获颁伦敦首批迷你出租车牌照，允许向付费客户提供带安全员的自动驾驶出租车服务1。TfL已向15辆配备Wayve人工智能驾驶软件的Ford Mustang Mach-E车辆颁发了私人租赁车辆牌照，Wayve计划切换到仍在生产中的新款Nissan Leaf车辆用于完全无人驾驶发布1。Uber和Wayve表示，有超过10万名伦敦人加入了自动驾驶出租车的等候名单1。然而，TfL战略主管Christina Calderato表示，TfL在“一段时间内”无法开始接受申请1。
与此同时，其他竞争对手也在推进伦敦及欧洲市场的布局1。Waymo计划于明年年底在德国慕尼黑推出商业运营1。Zagreb成为首个通过Uber向公众提供自动驾驶乘车的欧洲城市，但仍配备人类司机进行“车载监控”1。百度上个月底才开始在伦敦测试车辆，并计划明年推出公共乘车服务1。
The commercial rollout of robotaxis in London has been delayed due to regulatory and technical obstacles, making it unlikely to materialize this year 1. Although Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander advanced the timeline for fully driverless commercial trials by a year in 2025, announcing they would start this spring, Transport for London (TfL) strategic director Christina Calderato stated that the agency will not be able to start accepting applications "for some time" 1. Fully driverless robotaxis must still pass a new automated passenger service licensing process by the DVSA, and no vehicles have received DVSA approval yet 1.
Meanwhile, Uber and Wayve have been granted London's first minicab licenses, allowing them to provide paid robotaxi services equipped with safety drivers 1. TfL has issued private hire vehicle licenses to 15 Ford Mustang Mach-E cars equipped with Wayve's AI driving software, and Wayve plans to switch to the new Nissan Leaf, which is still in production, for its fully driverless launch 1. Uber and Wayve noted that over 100,000 Londoners have joined the waiting list for these autonomous services 1. In the broader European market, Zagreb has become the first European city to offer autonomous rides to the public via Uber, though human drivers remain in the vehicles for "in-car supervision" 1. Additionally, Waymo plans to launch commercial operations in Munich, Germany, by the end of next year, while Baidu only began testing vehicles in London late last month and aims to introduce public rides next year 1.
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