Digital mobility technology company ioki and Vay, which develops automotive grade technology for remote driving (teledriving), want to combine teledriving and ridepooling whereby users can request a teledriven Vay vehicle via an app with the ioki platform then calculating the route, facilitating ridepooling and serving as the booking interface for users.
“I am convinced that teledriving is a promising key technology to gradually introduce driverless public transportation. With Vay, we have a strong partner who shares our vision of a driverless mobility integrated into everyday life. We want to make a positive and short-term contribution to the currently acute driver shortage issues in Germany and Europe by using more digitization and technology in public transport,” said Michael Barillère-Scholz, CEO and co-founder of ioki.
After booking a vehicle, the customers will be picked up and driven to their destination. Vay and ioki are currently in contact with interested transportation companies to test the link between on-demand and teledriven technology. The first pilot projects could start next year.
Fabrizio Scelsi, co-founder and CTO of Vay, said, “With our unique door-to-door mobility service enabled by our teledrive technology we want to create an affordable and convenient alternative for transportation in metropolitan areas. ioki’s innovative platform solution accelerates the introduction of our sustainable and efficient mobility services for public transport.”