Yandex says first in Europe to test self-driving car with nobody in

MOSCOW, Oct 25 (PRIME) -- Russian Internet company Yandex has become Europe’s first to start testing a self-driving car without a driver in the city of Innopolis in the republic of Tatarstan, a company spokesperson told PRIME on Wednesday.

“The final stage passes without a driver – the car is accompanied by another car with an operator who can halt the self-driving car remotely if needed,” Andrei Karmatsky, head of the company’s robotaxi department, said.

It is the third stage of testing, while the first implies a test driver in the driver seat without riding the car but ready to take control in case of emergency. At the second stage, the test driver takes a passenger seat with a device of emergency braking.

Yandex has been testing self-driving cars in Innopolis since 2018.

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