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Stealth Robocar Startup Sees Remote Drivers as Autonomy Shortcut
- Germany’s Vay has tested teledriving EVs all over Berlin
- CEO worked on Zoox autonomous test vehicles and Amazon’s Alexa
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Deploying vast fleets of robocars has been much tougher than Tesla Inc., Alphabet Inc.’s Waymo and others thought. One European startup is now pitching an intermediate step to full autonomy: teledriving.
Germany’s Vay, which has been quietly testing a fleet of remote-controlled electric vehicles all over Berlin, plans to roll out a mobility service in Europe and potentially the U.S. next year.