The insurer AXA cooperates with the manufacturer of autonomous vehicles Navya.
Navya is one of the leading manufacturers of autonomous e-shuttles, which are already in use worldwide. But unlike the competition you have no insurance partner. The competition, EasyMile, is about the alliance insured, Becomes AXA now insure the Navya vehicles?
Navya shuttle bus
First, a cooperation between the two companies, Navya and AXA, agreed. This should prove itself over three years. This agreement was announced on the occasion of the Paris Motor Show 2018. Navya already has 89 Autonomous E-Shuttles in use and you still have that Autonomous Cab, a robot taxi, in the bag. The latter already operates in Las Vegas and as Intellicar in Australia.
The goal of the cooperation is the development of insurance solutions for autonomous driving, but as far as one is not yet. Because it is still unclear who or what to assure. In case of an accident, there are several parties that could be held responsible. The manufacturer, ie Navya, the operators, ie the customers, the software producers or the suppliers of the embedded hardware in the minibus.
The problem with autonomous e-shuttles, as part of public transport, is similar to that of aviation, said AXA spokesman. The search for responsibility in the value chain extends to the subcontractors.
Furthermore, AXA should also have access to the data from the vehicles to estimate the risk. AXA also assures a carpooling initiative in collaboration with Blablacar,
Meanwhile, there are more and more connections of the industry to the insurance, whereby the Telematics Insurance excludes. So BMW already has a contact with Swiss Reto develop new insurance models. In the future, however, fleets will mainly be operated, which is likely to change the insurance industry. Because that End of classic car insurance seems settled.
source (French)