British startup Wayve has begun testing self-driving cars with Nissan in Japan ahead of a 2027 launch to consumers, as the company said it was in talks for a $500m investment from the chip-maker Nvidia. Wayve, based in London, said it had installed its self-driving technology on Nissan’s electric Ariya vehicles and tested them on Tokyo’s streets, after first agreeing a deal with the Japanese carmaker in April. “We want to build a trillion-dollar company,” Kendall said. Nissan was already developing its own autonomous driving technology, including in London trials, but the decision to use Wayve technology as well provided a major seal of approval for the British company. The Nissan cars also use a more expensive lidar laser sensor, which Kendall said would provide “a level of redundancy”, while also being affordable.