Drive.ai, style= font-size: 1.125rem; letter-spacing: -0.1px;">an autonomous vehicle startup, launched the self-driving on-demand service Monday that will cover a two-mile route.
The focus of this paper is on development of rigorous models for understanding the demand for travel in the age of connected mobility, and assessing their impacts particularly under scenarios of autonomous or self-driving on-demand shared mobility.
Self-driving technology provider Aptiv and ride-hailing company Lyft ran a pilot program of self-driving, on-demand ride hailing during CES in Las Vegas this year, offering transit between 20 different locations in the city including major hotels and casinos.
"The ZenFleets service helps the On Demand driving economy– including the fast growing rideshare, carshare and last-mile delivery companies– scale safely and efficiently through driver-centric analytics," said Jonathan Matus, co-founder of Zendrive, in a canned statement today.
Jaguar is envisioning a future that's focused on self-driving and on-demand shared mobility with its new Future-Type concept car.
Part of the arrangement that will bring self-driving Uber on-demand vehicles to Pittsburgh roads by the end of this year will also help Volvo bring its own self-driving cars, for use as either personal vehicles or as autonomous taxis, to market by 2021, according to the WSJ.
First, the paper outlines a research framework for the development and evaluation of low carbon mobility solutions driven by two disruptive forces which are changing the mobility landscape and providing consumers with more choices to meet their transport needs: automated self-driving and on-demand shared mobility services.
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John Eddy of Arup, a big firm of consulting engineers, says town planners, property developers and builders need to start thinking about the effect of self-driving technology on demand for roads, parking, housing and so on.
