Germany's Vay Launches Commercial Driverless Mobility Service in Las Vegas

Germany's Vay has launched its first commercially available mobility service, enabled by remote driving, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Vay’s teledriving technology is an alternative approach to autonomous driving.

The teledriving technology was developed and validated following industry standards for safe operations on public streets.

Users can order an electric car via the Vay app and the teledriver brings the car to the user – remotely driven from the teledrive center. The user then jumps in the car and drives themself to their destination.

Once there, a teledriver drives the car to the next user or parks it.

If the user wants to make a stopover during their journey, e.g. to do some shopping at the supermarket, they can also do this via the app. 

The Berlin-based startup's training program, within the Vay Teledrive Academy, prepares its teledrivers for professional driving on public streets. 

Vay's Co-founder and CEO, Thomas von der Ohe, says: “After five years of developing our technology, we are bringing our vision to life in Las Vegas. Our convenient, affordable and sustainable door-to-door mobility service aims to free cities from parked cars and make them more liveable and greener.”

 Vay is the first company to drive cars without a person inside on public roads in Europe.