Significant work remains on prepping Russia’s autonomous future

Russia may not be a traditional home of automotive innovation, but in the new technology-backed industry plenty of Russian natives are eager to buck that trend. Arguably no Russian company has done so as effectively as Yandex. Often referred to as ‘the Russian Google’, the search engine giant has leapt into the world of autonomy. In just four years, it has taken its robotaxis from initial concept to commercial pilot.