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Wednesday 3 May 2017

Peugeot Team Up With Self-driving Startup To Test Autonomous SUVs

One of Europe’s largest automobile brand, PSA Peugeot Citroën has announced plans to team up with self-driving startup NuTonomy to test autonomous SUVs in Singapore later this year.

Following its acquisition of General Motors’ Opel and Vauxhall brands for $1.4 billion last month, Peugeot is on the verge of deepening its competition with Europe's number one automobile brand, Volkswagen.



PSA will provide Peugeot 3008 SUVs for NuTonomy to outfit with its autonomous-driving hardware. Those cars will hit the streets of Singapore in September and from there, PSA and NuTonomy will evaluate other joint projects.

“This collaboration is a significant step towards fully autonomous vehicles, which will enable us to offer different mobility solutions to our customers,” said Anne Laliron, head of Groupe PSA’s Business Lab, in a statement.

Karl lagnemma, CEO and co-founder of NuTonomy, added that the partnership with PSA will bring his firm closer to their goal of “deploying a safe, efficient, fully autonomous mobility-on-demand transportation service for urban driving environments

The NuTonomy self-driving taxis hit the streets of Singapore in August 2016. Riders can hail them using a smartphone, although the service has been limited to Singapore’s 2.5-square-mile “one-north” district so far. The pilot program launched with six cars and a few dozen registered participants, but NuTonomy hopes to have a more substantial fleet ready for commercial service by 2018.

Will NuTonomy ever bring its self-driving taxis to the global market? 

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