How Wayve's driverless cars will meet one of their biggest challenges yet

The move to the US will be a test of Wayve's technology, which the company claims is more general-purpose than what many of its rivals are offering. Wayve's approach has attracted massive investment--including a 1 billion funding round that broke UK records this May--and partnerships with Uber and online grocery firms such as Asda and Ocado. But it will now go head to head with the heavyweights of the growing autonomous-car industry, including Cruise, Waymo, and Tesla. Back in 2022, when I first visited the company's offices in north London, there were two or three vehicles parked in the building's auto shop. But on a sunny day this fall, both the shop and the forecourt are full of cars.