Prepare for a new robotaxi to hit the road. Uber and Volkswagen’s self-driving division have started validation testing on the streets of Los Angeles for their ID Buzz vehicle, the companies said Wednesday. It’s a critical step in their plan to open up to riders in the coming months.
The autonomous minivans will first navigate the streets of LA with human operators onboard to supervise. The companies plan to launch their robotaxi service on the Uber app later this year and expand to more cities over the next decade.
MOIA America, the name of the Volkswagen Group company that’s developing autonomous vehicle technology, plans to scale the self-driving fleet to more than 100 ID Buzz vehicles during the test period. MOIA America and Uber have a joint facility in Los Angeles “for day-to-day fleet operations,” the companies said in a statement. Eventually, they plan to build up to a fleet of “thousands
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