(Bloomberg) --Germany's
Vay is pitching "teledriving," which involving humans remote-controlling autos from physical steering stations miles away, as an intermediate step to full autonomy. Expectations of an imminent rollout of a large number of robocars have
The company said Tuesday it's
"We will now be working with authorities on the next steps to offering this service to externals," Chief Executive Officer Thomas von der Ohe, who previously worked at self-driving startup Zoox, told Bloomberg News. "So we should be talking months and not years."
Vay's service is based on teledrivers delivering EVs to customers who would hop in and drive themselves to their desired destination. Teledrivers would then steer the vehicles to the next client. The startup has collected around $100 million from investors including former Google Chief Financial Officer Patrick Pichette, Kinnevik AB and venture capital firm Atomico.