Dubai eyes the future with self-driving cabs

Dubai eyes the future with self-driving cabs

The upcoming Expo 2020 Dubai is set to showcase future mobility from different countries like the largest lift, hyperloop, an airship and the SpaceX rocket, to name a few. But at the centre of it all will be Dubai and the UAE’s surge towards smart transport. Dubai and the UAE have already set things in motion and are aggressively pushing towards sustainable mobility and reducing the carbon footprint. Dubai already boasts of a top-of-the-line public transport system with the driverless Dubai Metro and the Dubai Tram, the centrepieces along with its bus operation, which uses cutting-edge technology where passengers can track a bus in real-time. There is also a massive fleet of taxis that serve people and keeps Dubai moving. Dubai, and the country, has always been a forward-thinking nation and is also very ambitious about electric vehicles (EV), with various incentives like free parking and Salik tags. It has also installed 750 charging stations all over the country. The emirate is set to shift a gear and hopes to have five per cent of self-driven cabs of its Dubai Taxi fleet on the roads in a couple of years. The announcement came as part of Dubai Taxi Corporation’s (DTC)