London rollout of robotaxis delayed amid lack of guidance for firms to follow

A Wayve autonomous car. Wayve and Uber have said more than 100,000 Londoners are on their waiting list for self-driving taxis. Photograph: [email protected]/Wayve

The rollout of robotaxis on the streets of London is unlikely to happen this year, as regulatory and technical hurdles push back the ambitious schedule set out by the UK government.

In 2025, Heidi Alexander, the transport secretary, accelerated the proposed timeline for commercial trials of fully driverless taxi services by a year, announcing that they would start in the spring of this year.