Toyota Motor Europe and Finnish technology company Sensible 4 have joined a self-driving project operated by Danish autonomous mobility technology provider Holo and Norwegian public transport authority Ruter.
The agreement will see Toyota vehicles retrofitted with Sensible 4’s autonomous driving software to be operated by Holo in a new pilot project launching in the Norwegian town of Ski in Nordre Follo municipality this autumn.
The forthcoming trial follows on from Ruter and Holo’s first self-driving public transport pilot in Oslo last year, where shuttle buses from French company Navya were trialled on routes in Akershusstranda and Ormøya.
“This new partnership offers us crucial experience so we can continue to build on our lead as the largest operator of autonomous vehicles in Europe,” said Jakob Münter, director of finance and planning at Holo.
“Holo wants to move mobility forward, for good. To be able to do that, we actively seek as much operational experience as possible with different types of autonomous vessels.”
According to Münter, consumers are increasingly choosing to pay for trips rather than vehicles, and this is where Holo sees “huge potential”.
“We aim to build a mobility cloud where individuals subscribe to mobility,” said Münter
“With the vehicles from Toyota Motor Europe we can answer a more diverse mobility need.”
Holo is said to have transported more than 40,000 passengers in autonomous vehicles in pilot projects in Norway, Sweden, Finland, Estonia and Denmark.
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