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Episode: Remotely driven car rental service launches in Las Vegas
Description: Self-driving cars might have stalled, but now remote or “teledriving” tech is in the fast lane.
German teledriving company Vay launched its first commercial service on January 17, letting Las Vegas users order a “teledriven” electric rental car to their location. With the push of an app, users in Las Vegas can now order a rental car, and it’ll be remotely driven to them by a “teledriver.”
It’s the first commercial rollout of German teledriving company Vay’s technology, showing the potential for vehicles driven remotely by humans, rather than autonomously by a computer. “You’ll be able to hit a button, get a ca...