Yandex Gets Permission to Test Self-Driving Cars in Tel Aviv - Statement
Russian digital giant Yandex said on Tuesday it had received permission from the Israeli authorities to test its autonomous cars in Tel Aviv.
MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 25th December, 2018) Russian digital giant Yandex said on Tuesday it had received permission from the Israeli authorities to test its autonomous cars in Tel Aviv.
"Today we are excited to announce that Yandex has obtained permission from the Israeli Ministry of Transportation and Road Safety to operate its self-driving car on public roads [of Tel Aviv]. The car is now officially approved to operate in autonomous mode with a safety engineer in the driver's seat," the statement read.
Israel is the third country where Yandex will be testing its autonomous vehicles after conducting relevant tests in Russia and the United States, according to the statement.
"Israel became an obvious choice as one of the first countries outside Russia where we wanted to expand our testing. We're honored to be one of the first companies in the country to receive a permit to operate self-driving vehicles," Dmitry Polischuk, the head of Yandex Self-Driving Car project, said as quoted in the statement.
Yandex started working on autonomous cars in 2016 and introduced its first prototype in May last year.