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Mercedes enters the robotaxi business.
Mercedes-Benz is entering the robotaxi business. The automaker announced, together with the Chinese software partner Momenta, a driverless shuttle service based on the new S-Class. The first test vehicles are to be on the road soon in Abu Dhabi, the DAX-listed company from Stuttgart said. The future robotaxi fleet there will be operated by the local mobility provider Lumo.
After an initial test phase, the partners thus intend a broader rollout at additional locations and in other markets. Chief Technology Officer and member of the management board for development Jörg Burzer said: "With an S-Class robotaxi we are raising the bar for automated mobility."
According to the information, robotaxis are a Level-4 system - the vehicles can therefore autonomously operate in predefined areas and under certain operating conditions. The step is also interesting because the Swabians had recently withdrawn further from the traditional taxi business. To accelerate the development of autonomous driving, Mercedes is also examining the possibilities of a robotaxi ecosystem based on an NVIDIA platform.
Providers push into the market
Waymo is considered the leader in robotaxis. The driverless robotaxis of Google's sister company are operating in a handful of U.S. cities and are now delivering hundreds of thousands of paid rides with passengers per week. In the coming year Waymo also wants to start in Europe, initially in London. But other companies also have ambitions in the billion-dollar market - including Tesla, the Amazon subsidiary Zoox, the ride-hailing provider Uber, Volkswagen with the fully autonomous minibus ID-Buzz, and Chinese providers such as WeRide.
Mercedes is likely to differentiate itself from other providers with the new offering: The S-Class is the flagship of the group, regarded as luxurious and offering rear-seat passengers plenty of space. At the end of January, the automaker will unveil a version of the sedan that is mainly a technical update.
With Level 3 highly automated driving, where the driver can temporarily hand responsibility over to the car, Mercedes has so far been well positioned: The brand offers for private customers in the S-Class and its electric counterpart EQS a system that may take over the steering wheel up to 95 km/h on the highway. In the next five years, Mercedes plans to raise the maximum speed to 130 kilometers per hour. (Source: dpa)
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