A first 100% autonomous model for Volkswagen. Moia, the subsidiary of the German group dedicated to these new forms of mobility, has presented this week a serial version of the announcement of Buzz Identification (for “Autonomous Driving”). The 21st century combi became a little more futuristic for the uses of robotaxis.
“With our completely autonomous complete solution, we create a single mobility offer. Cities, local authorities and fleet operators can now guarantee autonomous mobility for all, in a simple and reliable way,” said Oliver Blume, general manager of the Volkswagen Group.
To find on the way on the road, ID’s announcement has a complete arsenal of several and varied sensors, with 13 cameras, 9 lidares and 5 radars.
Hand key for root operators
After the tests with prototypes that already resumed a Rumor base of ID, Volkswagen offers a complete solution with “an approved vehicle for the road” and “equipped with the Automated Mobilye driving system, as well as a owner platform for an autonomous driving ecosystem
Therefore, Fleet operators of autonomous vehicles can benefit “an autonomous vehicle ecosystem, from simulation and training to the deployment and real -time surveillance during daily operating operations.”
The potential market is colossal: $ 300 billion in 2035 in Europe and the United States, said an article in Les Echos. Last April, Volkswagen and the American giant of Uber VTC signed a long -term association aimed at implementing this autonomous version of the Identification Buzz.
Approval to get autonomous
It was then planned that human drivers were present in vehicles during the initial test and launch phases to help refine technology and guarantee passenger safety. Without a doubt, this is what explains the maintenance of the seat of a driver, simply bent in the steering wheel in the photos of this AD transmission of the Buzz ID transmission this week.
In total, Volkswagen and Uber plan to deploy several thousand Buzz ads in the United States during the next decade, with a launch planned in Los Angeles in 2026.
A display in Hamburg is also planned in Germany, which was one of the cities that tested this program. Moia hopes to obtain approval for independent level 4 conduction, which allows these uses without a driver, in the next two years in Germany.
Volkswagen’s idea would therefore be located as a European leader in these autonomous taxis, particularly against Google and his Waymo subsidiary or even against the Chinese Baidu.
Source: BFM TV
