Driverless taxi firm sorry for early-morning noise
A driverless taxi company has apologised after one of its cars repeatedly reversed out of an east London cul-de-sac in the early hours, making a loud noise.
Residents of Elder Street in Spitalfields said a Waymo car had been waking everyone up with a "ridiculous mixture of a reversing noise and siren sound" at about 04:00 BST most days last week.
Waymo is currently testing its driverless taxis in London, by sending them out with drivers inside them but no passengers.
US firm Waymo, which plans to be operating a robo-taxi service in London by September, apologised "sincerely for any disruption caused".
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