It is not; a mystery that Volkswagen aims to launch in 2025 ride-hailing and car-pooling services in Germany using the future electric ID Buzz equipped with autonomous driving technology developed by Argo AI . Some further details of this project have now arrived. The two companies, in fact, are ready to take a new important step forward.
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ROAD TESTS SOON
The two companies & agrave; have developed a prototype of the future minivan based on the MEB platform & quot; disguised & quot; from Volkswagen T6 and equipped with the hardware solutions (LiDAR, radar and cameras) and software of Argo AI. Starting next summer, this vehicle will start running. a test phase at a new site built near Munich airport. Please note that Argo AI is conducting further trials of its autonomous driving technology in some cities;
The results of all these tests will allow the development of a Level 4 autonomous driving platform (Here we explain the different levels of autonomous driving) that will be; present on future electric Buzzs used for transport services. Always talking about Argo AI it is not possible to not to remember that just recently the company in which both Volkswagen and Ford have invested, announced a new innovative LiDAR sensor that allows you to & quot; see & quot; up to 400 meters. Sensor that will surely be present inside the platform that will be integrated into the German battery-powered minivan.
And speaking of the future, will be & agrave; MOIA , company owned by of Volkswagen that deals with offering mobility services, to launch this transport solution based on self-driving minvan. We will leave from the city & agrave; of Hamburg . Obviously, the goal is to arrive then to expand the availability; of this innovative transport system. A very ambitious project as a whole that promises on paper to revolutionize mobility; within a few years.
We will see how it will evolve; the development of these prototypes and whether the Argo AI technology will succeed; to overcome the limits of current autonomous driving solutions. Finally, please note that the collaboration with the American startup only concerns commercial vehicles. For cars, however, it will be; the Car.Software division of the German Group to develop its own platform which will be; used on models of all brands. The serial version of the ID.Buzz will be & agrave; unveiled over the next year.
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