The joint venture Motional wants to start using robot taxis in the USA as early as next year.
Founded in 2020 aptive With Hyundai the enterprise motional, which offers robotic taxi rides primarily in Las Vegas. Nice last year the company announced that it would enter the commercial phase in 2023. This plan seems to be adhered to, because it was recently announced that in the coming year IONIQ 5 models will be available as Level 4 robotic taxis wants to use. For the implementation, Motional wants to work with driving services. Of course you want to start in Las Vegas. Other major cities in the USA will then follow.
Hyundai Ioniq 5. Source: hyundainews.com
The IONIQ 5 model has conspicuous sensors that make it easy to distinguish the autonomous car from conventional vehicles with manual controls. More than 30 sensors are part of the equipment, what too lidar counts. The sensor equipment allows a long range and a clear 360-degree view. The AI was trained with real traffic data and the car can be controlled by voice. The drive is electric and the interior offers enough space to work, relax or socialize.
The safety concept also includes redundancies and can be steered by a human remotely in unfamiliar traffic situations. The corresponding system is called Remote Vehicle Assistance (RVA).