Israeli-based Mobileye is planning to launch its own robotaxi fleet in the U.S.
The company’s first self-driving cabs will hit the streets of “a U.S. city” in 2027.
The Intel subsidiary has been providing self-driving technology to other companies for years, and now it wants a piece of the robotaxi pie.
Mobileye, the Israeli-based Intel subsidiary that’s known for providing advanced driver assistance systems to traditional automakers, is going into the autonomous taxi business. Starting next year, an initial fleet of about 100 robotaxis will be deployed in “a major metropolitan U.S. market,” with 17,000 more to follow in the next five years if everything goes to plan.
The company said that the autonomous taxis will be available through the Moovit smartphone app, which it owns, and which is usually used for planning public transportation trips.
