Driverless car rentals

A car rental service that delivers a remotely driven vehicle to the user has been launched in a city.

The Fetch vehicle system has been tested in Milton Keynes and will soon be available to customers. Imperium Drive, the company behind the service where cars are controlled by an office-based operator, claimed it was the first of its kind in Europe.

"We still have a safety driver who sits in our vehicles while they are being remotely driven. The person does not touch the wheel or anything. He is just there for two reasons: we are still building our safety features and we want to be absolutely sure and certain about safety. Safety is the first thing that we care about before removing that safety driver. And secondly, we want to build public perception about a car with no one in it that no one has seen before, so that will take us another 18 months." Koosha Kaveh, co-founder & Chief Executive of Imperium Drive said.