I rode in one of these. It seemed pretty far from production ready, and the driver had to take over several times. But, I was impressed with the testing philoso

I rode in one of these. It seemed pretty far from production ready, and the driver had to take over several times. But, I was impressed with the testing philosophy. 2 engineers rode in the car, and the taxi driver had only the responsibility to be ready to take over driving, at all times. And by partnering with a taxi company (which are well respected in Tokyo), they automatically have trust, hailing infrastructure and a way to collect data going forward. They don’t appear to be operating regularly yet, and the timing of public testing is probably due to a recently failed IPO rather than readiness.