How Germany hopes to get the edge in driverless technology

FRANKFURT — In Hamburg, a fleet of electric Volkswagen vans owned by a ride-hailing service roams the streets picking up and dropping off passengers. The vehicles steer themselves, but technicians working from a remote control center keep an eye on their progress with the help of video monitors. If anything goes wrong, they can take control of the vehicle and steer it out of trouble.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/14/business/germany-autonomous-driving-new-law.html