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

The Guardian: Artificial Intelligence (tier 1, news) 2026-09-11T16:31:07.000Z Original ↗

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Report says 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 have self-driving capability by the middle of the next decade. Continue reading...

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Llama 3.3 70BMetaanalysis -50 70%3806ms v1.0.0 / m1.0.1 2026-09-11 18:17
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Job losses due to automation

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SOURCE     The Guardian: Artificial Intelligence (tier 1)
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DOCUMENT   67e5d621-2bde-48c5-820e-d9a4ff1a73f2
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CONFIDENCE 70%