Self-driving
MOIA America and Uber began testing self-driving ID. Buzz vans in Los Angeles, with about 10 vehicles and a human safety operator aboard.
A dated step forward on the record · Company-reported · Sets ID. Buzz AD (MOIA)'s stage
What the source says
“Testing will start in the next few weeks with about 10 autonomous ID. Buzz vehicles in Los Angeles”
What it means
ID. Buzz AD (MOIA), from MOIA (Volkswagen), is at stage 3 of 5 on our ladder: pilot. This event is one of the milestones that placed it there. This line rests on the company's own announcement; no regulator, customer or independent report confirms it in our sources yet.
Human help: A staff member rides along, ready to stop it.
More on ID. Buzz AD (MOIA)
- MOIA began test rides for passengers in Hamburg with up to ten ID. Buzz vans. Rides are free during the trial.
- MOIA showed the series-production ID. Buzz AD, which uses Mobileye's self-driving system and 27 sensors, including 13 cameras, nine lidars (laser sensors) and five radars.
- Volkswagen and Uber agreed to put thousands of self-driving ID. Buzz vans on Uber in US cities over about ten years, starting in Los Angeles.