Editing The Villages, Florida (section)

===Autonomous vehicles===
In early 2018, The Villages was chosen for a [[pilot program]] offering [[Autonomous car|autonomous taxis]] in the area of Lake Sumter Landing. This made The Villages one of the first cities in the United States to offer paid taxi services using autonomous vehicles throughout the community.<ref>{{cite news |last=Turck |first=Mitch |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/mitchturck/2018/06/18/instead-of-ten-figure-funding-this-robotaxi-startup-has-actual-customers/#cd201f662fe1 |title=Instead Of Ten-Figure Funding, This Robotaxi Startup Has Actual Customers |work=[[Forbes]] |date=2018-06-18 |access-date=2018-06-21 }}</ref> In the early stages of the program, the vehicle was to have a safety driver in the driver's seat, and later, the driver was to be removed, with the automobile monitored from a control station. The taxis were to be operated by Voyage Auto, a [[startup company]] from [[San Jose, California]]. {{As of|2019}}, The Villages held a 0.5&nbsp;percent stake in Voyage Auto.<ref name="Mark">{{cite news |last=Wembridge |first=Mark |url=https://www.ft.com/content/e36fde7a-734a-11e9-bf5c-6eeb837566c5 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210/https://www.ft.com/content/e36fde7a-734a-11e9-bf5c-6eeb837566c5 |archive-date=December 10, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Why a retirement town became a test track for driverless cars |work=[[Financial Times]] |date=2019-06-04 |access-date=2019-06-06 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Corder |first=David R. |url=http://www.thevillagesdailysun.com/news/villages/driverless-taxi-service-coming-to-the-villages/article_9c59d096-f5c3-11e7-ad8c-d3c196b2ee33.html |title=Driverless Taxi Service Coming to The Villages |work=The Villages Daily Sun |date=2018-01-10 |access-date=2018-01-10 }}</ref>