Daimler and Bosch are within months of live testing robo-taxis on German streets.
The two companies announced a joint venture last year in a bid to counter independent businesses offering driver-less or car hailing services, which are already operating tests in 25 US cities.
On the eve of this week’s Winter Olympics opening in Korea, a fleet of Hyundai Motor Company’s next generation fuel cell electric vehicles completed a self-driven 118 mile journey from Seoul to Pyeongchang.
This is the first time in the world that level 4 autonomous driving has been achieved with fuel cell electric vehicles.