Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles, a brand within the Volkswagen Group, is consistently and rapidly advancing the development and implementation of autonomous driving. The planned introduction of autonomous systems for traffic use in 2025 is currently being prepared at Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles.
This year, for the first time, we are conducting field trials in Germany, in which the self-driving system by Argo AI will be used in a version of the future ID. BUZZ by Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles. The aim is to develop a ride-hailing and pooling concept similar to what MOIA offers today. In the middle of this decade, our customers will then have the opportunity to be taken to their destination in selected cities with autonomous vehicles.
The reborn microbus is destined to be an autonomous ride hailing vehicle.
The microbus-inspired ID.Buzz is Volkswagen s most hotly anticipated vehicle, and the production version is due to be revealed later this year. When Volkswagen showed off the concept in 2017, it was clear that the German automaker was thinking a long way ahead with the little electric van. It was adorned with ultrasonic sensors, radar sensors, side area view cameras, and a front camera. Most tellingly, though, the driver s seat could be turned to face backward. Volkswagen planned for the ID.Buzz to become autonomous, but now it has announced that it will be the first Volkswagen vehicle to take to the streets without needing a driver, and not the new ID.4.
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Last week, I provided some of my predictions for 2021 focused on autonomous vehicle technology and electric vehicles. I’ll weigh in today with a few predictions about the rest of the “future of transportation” sector, including ride-hailing, on-demand delivery and in-car tech.
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Alrighty, here’s the remaining predictions for 2021.