The company Magna partner with May Mobility for autonomous shuttles.
The supplier Magna cooperates with the startup May Mobility for the production of autonomous e-shuttles, as they are currently mainly from the two French manufacturers Navya and EasyMile to be produced.
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The development one wants in Detroit where the Canadian company Magna has a registered office. However, the startup May Mobility also comes from the US state Michigan, The software for this is provided by May Mobility in Ann Arbor develop. May Mobility already has Toyota and BMW as cooperation partner, whereby also Magna with BMW whether the lidar cooperates.
The plan is to produce autonomous e-shuttles that can run at low speed. The software for autonomous vehicle technology comes from the startup May Mobility. Magna supplies the vehicle models for this, whereby a panoramic roof is provided. The drive-by-wire equipment, ie the hardware for autonomous driving, Magna wants to provide, and make the sensor integration.
The vehicles will be deployed this summer in Detroit, Michigan. In addition, the use should already be of a commercial nature. To 2019 May Mobility wants to be able to offer other on-demand services and expand capacity according to demand.
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