Mobileye Is Entering the US Robotaxi Market With Standalone Service

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: The driving technology company Mobileye plans to launch a robotaxi service in an as-yet-unnamed US city in 2027, it said earlier today. The service will be vertically integrated, using Mobileye's Moovit mobility platform to interact with customers booking rides, coordinate drivers, and so on. The Israeli company, which was bought by Intel in 2017 before going public again in 2022, says it will start with around 100 robotaxis early next year. The company first rose to prominence in the mid-2010s, when Tesla began using Mobileye's advanced driving assistance systems (ADAS) as part of Autopilot. That relationship lasted until 2016, when Mobileye dropped Tesla as a customer after being alarmed that a driver assistance system was being sold to end users as driverless technology. Since then, Mobileye has continued to work with other partners on ADAS and autonomous vehicles.

It has developed a new "SuperVision" ADAS that combines cameras and radar sensors, used by Porsche and Polestar, among others. On the robotaxi front, it has partnered with Volkswagen Group's MOIA to develop a commercially available robotaxi based on the VW ID. Buzz minivan, and last year, Mobileye revealed plans to work with Lyft to deploy robotaxis in Dallas, "as soon as" this year. [...] If Mobileye's experience with the initial 100 robotaxis goes well, it says it will scale up to around 17,000 robotaxis within the following five years. "The robotaxi revolution has only just begun, and its potential for transforming how we travel around the world continues to increase," Shashua said. "This initiative is not a replacement for our existing partnerships; it is an extension of them," said Amnon Shashua, founder and CEO of Mobileye. "We remain deeply committed to enabling automakers and mobility providers with Mobileye Drive. At the same time, operating our own service allows us to accelerate adoption, gain direct operational experience, and showcase the full potential of autonomous mobility."

As-yet unnamed?

[RitchCraft]

Here's a name that will get instant recognition: Johnny Cab.

Ticking time bomb

[CEC-P]

You know what I was just thinking? I want a nieve, blind, clueless, non-sentient army of cheap EV garbage to all charge at the same time after evening rush hour, blow up the local grid, and stop in their tracks every time there's a power/cell tower outage. That's exactly what my city needs.

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[dgatwood]

You know what I was just thinking? I want a nieve, blind, clueless, non-sentient army of cheap EV garbage to all charge at the same time after evening rush hour, blow up the local grid, and stop in their tracks every time there's a power/cell tower outage. That's exactly what my city needs.

Why do you think they would stop in their tracks every time there's a power or cell tower outage?

Yes, there have been some issues with widespread power outages causing the cars to get confused because things don't look right, but that's a bug, not expected behavior.

And although they won't have fares if they have no cell service, there's no reason to expect them to stop being able to drive. They will do whatever they normally do when they have no fare — find a place to park. Other than for learning a

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[Rujiel]

This was my first thought as well

Tesla already perfected FSD

[backslashdot]

FSD has driven me hundreds of times consecutively so far, garage to congested city parking spots, with zero critical intervention on my Tesla. Not just me but look on YouTube etc. you'll see that with version 14 of FSD it's pretty much flawless -- it even handles drive-throughs .. cones/construction zones etc. I'm telling you it's at the point where I'm not sure what more they need to add -- other than accessory features like favorite parking spot memory, parking structure navigation. Someone said it can't

Are they buying licenses?

[whitroth]

I mean, this can't even vaguely claim to be "ride-sharing". They need to pay for medallions.

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[groobly]

Medallions are a scam to prevent entry and competition.

inb4 "mobileyeeted" term in crashes

[epicbread]

I'm calling it; if you crash while riding one, especially if thrown from the vehicle, you'll have been mobileyeeted.