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MOSCOW, June 7The launch of Yandex's unmanned taxis in Moscow is a new revolution in transport technologies, the company's corporate development adviser, former Russian Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin wrote on his Telegram channel.
Earlier on Wednesday, Yandex announced the launch of unmanned taxis in test mode in the Yasenevo metropolitan area.
«This is a new revolution in transport technologies,» Kudrin wrote.
“I have already driven in such a car in another place, I felt safe. The car itself is rebuilt, allowing pedestrians to pass. In order for the car to feel confident in the city, a total of more than 24 million km has already been rolled,” he said.
As reported by «Yandex», the robot taxi will take only one passenger so far. Customers over 18 years old can order a car. Users who applied in advance on the project website will be the first to take part in testing, and then other residents of Yasenevo will have access. There will be a test driver in the car who will monitor the safety of the trip.
You can order a trip in the Yandex Go application with a special button — with its help you can select pick-up and drop-off points and call a car. There are about 40 such points in Yasenevo.