Driver jobs won’t ‘vanish any time soon’: Jeffrey Siow

Autonomous vehicles are not expected to displace Singapore's taxi and private-hire car drivers in the near future, said Acting Minister for Transport Jeffrey Siow. 

Speaking in parliament on Tuesday (Jul 7), he noted that Singapore currently has more than 70,000 taxi and private-hire car drivers, compared with about 20 autonomous vehicles operating mostly in Punggol.

He added that he expects there will still be a need for “many human drivers” even 10 years from now. #sgnews #singapore

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