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April 24, 2015

‘Taxibots' could decongest cities

BERLIN (AP) — Transportation experts say car-congested cities could become a thing of the past, provided people are prepared to ride-share with a robot driver.

A study published Thursday by the Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development suggests that widespread use of “taxibots” could cut by 90 percent the number of cars needed to perform the same number of journeys per day.


 
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