SCOUT· 39%56m·2026-10-07·News Politics320. Can Britain lead the world in driverless cars?
Is Wayve the start-up that could at last be a British global AI giant? Why does its boss Alex Kendall think the UK is the best place to grow a tech business? How soon will most of us be riding in driverless taxis and cars? Robert talks to the founder and chief executive of Wayve, the driverless car developer, about…
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“No! We don't even have any volume car makers. To make cars driverless you need massive amounts of data of people driving cars, with no car maker here where do you get that from?”
“No chance - we live in a nanny state. Plus the government is anti business. More chance of winning the lottery.”
“Frontier models are all hype. What we need is actual applications not more fluff”
“Britain cant lead in anything anymore ...”
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