Watch: BBC travels in self-driving Uber around London - BBC News BBC Homepage Skip to content Accessibility Help Your account Home News Sport Earth Reel Worklife Travel Culture Future Music TV Weather Sounds More menu More menu Search BBC Home News Sport Earth Reel Worklife Travel Culture Future Music TV Weather Sounds Close menu BBC News Menu Home Climate World UK Business Tech Science Entertainment & Arts Health In Pictures More BBC Verify Newsbeat Tech Watch: BBC travels in self-driving Uber around London To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. This video can not be played Watch: BBC travels in self-driving Uber around London Close Customers in London can now travel in the UK's first robotaxis as Uber launches its self-driving minicab on Thursday - the company is the first to launch the service. Initially, it only has 15 autonomous vehicles with a licence to operate in the city, and each one must have a human safety driver behind the wheel ready to take control if anything goes wrong. At the moment, the UK fare for a robotaxi ride will be the same fare as a standard UberX, Uber Electric, or Uber Comfort journey, with upfront fares shown in the app. The BBC's Zoe Kleinman was the first British journalist to hail a self-driving Uber in London - here's how the ride went. Read more on what it's like to ride in a robotaxi Subsection Technology Published 20 hours ago Share close panel Share page Copy link About sharing Related topics Driverless cars Follow Driverless cars close panel You are now following Driverless cars Updates from your News topics will appear in My News and in a collection on the News homepage . London Follow London close panel You are now following London Updates from your News topics will appear in My News and in a collection on the News homepage . Uber Follow Uber close panel You are now following Uber Updates from your News topics will appear in My News and in a collection on the News homepage . Taxis Follow Taxis close