According to foreign media reports, last year, a number of companies conducted self-driving taxi test which, most companies hope to officially launched in 2021 commercial automatic taxi service, which will greatly change the future mode of transport TrendForce predicts that the CAGR of self-driving taxis will reach 81% from 2018 to 2023.
Yvette Lin, an analyst at TrendForce, points out that a fully autonomous car (L5-class autonomous car) is the ultimate goal of autonomous driving technology.Auto-driving cabs allow for fully autonomous car use to significantly increase vehicle utilization and improve traffic efficiency, Because in theory, autonomous vehicles can work 24 hours a day, you can work seven days a week.
However, there is still a long way to go before autonomous vehicle laws are widely adopted, and both traditional and technology companies are expected to commercialize L4-class autonomous vehicles by 2020. In addition to improving safety In addition, L4-class autonomous vehicles can also improve traffic efficiency and convenience, which is also the core of shared services.Therefore, self-driving taxis have become the development direction of taxi service operators.
For example, Uber announced its cooperation with Volvo, Ford and Daimler in 2016 and is expected to commercialize self-driving taxis by 2021. Lyft and GM and Waymo, as well as a research center dedicated to the development of autonomous driving technology. Earlier this year, Lyft demonstrated its automatic taxi service at the 2018 CES show and is expected to launch the auto-driving taxi service by 2021 .
Driven by Asia's autopilot company, Dribble Travel set up an autopilot lab in California in 2017; Grab Taxi, the largest taxi service operator in Southeast Asia, partnered with nuTonomy to conduct fully automated road tests in Singapore with the goal of It is commercialization of automatic taxi service by 2021.
L3-class autonomous vehicles dominate highway transportation, such as trucks and buses; L4-class autonomous vehicles focus on autonomous driving in urban areas, and taxiing serves as the last-mile solution to meet the needs of urban transport. In addition, the problem of global traffic has become more and more serious. Residents in some countries are even reluctant to purchase vehicles because of the small number of parking spaces and the difficulty of driving licenses. These are all expected to further expand the taxi service market.
Lin also pointed out that while autonomous driving still faces regulatory challenges, in the highly automated transportation network in the future, taxi service operators will be able to benefit from the first-mover advantage in the personalized transportation service market Automatically drive a taxi, who will benefit early.