Self-driving cars should be taxed to offset job losses, thinktank urges

Report warns widespread autonomous vehicle adoption would put hundreds of thousands of private hire jobs at risk Taxes on self-driving cars should be introduced now in the UK to offset the rise in congestion and threats to jobs they pose, a thinktank has urged. The first robotaxis on London’s streets only started this month, but government projections are that up to 40% of cars sold could be capable of self-driving capability by the middle of the next decade. Continue reading...

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