Will a robotaxi from Rimac have what it takes to make self driving vehicles on demand a reality? The answer may actually be yes.
Robotaxis sure are in the news a lot lately. Just today, Zachary Shahan wrote about what Emil Michael, the former Chief Business Officer at Uber, said about the, “It’s always around the corner, but it takes more time than people think, because of regulation, the cost of the vehicles that do it well, and also just the density of enough driverless cars in any city to have a ride take 10 minutes or less to get to your door when you order one. And these things are expensive.
Previous announcements of the development of a robotaxi service have mostly featured minibus-like people movers. Rimac, on the other hand, is focusing on a futuristic compact three-door vehicle suitable for one or two passengers.Rimac has developed its own platform, which is designed exclusively for autonomous driving. The company says it is “free from the compromises and disadvantages” that are necessary when “using a legacy platform built for human driving.
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