Taxis and Ride Sharing

Forecasters still see long-term adoption in certain segments, with mobility-as-a-service and robotaxis expected to lead the transition to an autonomous vehicle future, while broad deployments of Level 2+ and Level 3 automated driving systems will reach at least 31% of new vehicle sales globally by 2035.

According to James Jeffs, Senior Technology Analyst at IDTechEx, the rate of autonomous technology improvement demonstrates the potential for them to far exceed human levels of safety in the future.

This week’s best practice for developing ADS safety performance thresholds based on human driving behavior follows last month’s publication for continuous monitoring and improvement after deployment, as its Automated Vehicle Safety Consortium accelerates support for AV advancement.

Google’s sibling Waymo is focusing on robo-taxis instead of autonomous trucking.

According to Yole Intelligence, Chinese passenger car OEMs and robotaxi technology companies are driving the automotive lidar market, which is expected to grow globally to about $4.5 billion in 2028.

Its Commercial Vehicles unit is using a fleet of self-driving prototypes based on the ID. Buzz on German roads with ridesharing subsidiary MOIA, with simultaneous testing of identical prototypes in North America aimed at external mobility and transport sector companies.

Since June 16, the robotaxi that operates without a steering wheel and pedals has been autonomously carrying company employees in Las Vegas, marking another big step toward commercial launch.

Later this year, autonomous Waymo vehicles will be available via Uber apps in Phoenix.

Its Ioniq 5 robotaxis have added Las Vegas autonomous rides at night, a remote vehicle assistance system helps with complex road scenarios, and passengers can control certain vehicle functions with their ride-hail app.

After California’s approval last week, the company’s robotaxi can transport employees on a public route between its two main office buildings, traveling up to 35 mph, and handling left-hand and right-hand turns, bi-directional turns, traffic lights, cyclists, pedestrians, vehicles, and other road users on the route.