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

The Guardian — World has reported on “Update: Self-driving cars should be taxed to offset job losses, thinktank urges,” presenting it as the central development in the source material available for this brief.

Report raises concerns about 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 report also notes that 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.

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