Waymo taps Avis to manage robotaxi fleet in Dallas

Wemo said that they plan to launch a Robotuxi service next year in Dallas, the last city will be added to the growing commercial footprints of the alphabet -owned company, which already includes Los Angeles and San Francisco.

Now, around, Wemo is part of the Avis Budget Group to manage all its electronic autonomous Jaguar I-Pace vehicles. Avis will conduct general depot operations with vehicles charging and maintenance. Users will be able to welcome a robotuxi through the Wemo app.

Have partified with other companies, including Wemo Uber in Austin and Atlanta And MouvThe Avis is the first rental car company that helps Wemo to handle its fleet. And this is a partnership that will probably extend to other cities in the future.

Wemor’s spokesman Chris Bonelly says Avis will play a role in the new market in the new market quickly and more expensive. He added that the Wemo and Avis Budget Group has intended to extend more cities over time.

Wemo’s close followers may not be surprised at the announcement of the Dallas launch. Earlier this year, Wemo took its so -called “Road Trips” Dallas, where the company used its sensor load vehicles for the map and preliminary examination of the city. Since then, Wemo has begun examining its autonomous vehicles on public road with a human protection operator behind the wheel. As it is launched in other cities, as the Wemo Dallas becomes more technically more valid on the road, it will proceed to the autonomous test.

Bonelie does not publish specific launch dates or how many vehicles will be in the initial Robotaxi fleet. He said that Wemo will scale the fleet with Avis over a few hundred vehicles over time.

Brian Choy, CEO of Avis Budget Group, says the partnership has been identified as an important milestone in its evolution, a rented car company, operating a top supply of infrastructure and operations as a broad mobility of the operation. “

Today, Wemo operates commercially in five cities: AustinAtlanta, Los Angeles, Phoenix and San Francisco Bay Area, which extend to the Silicon Valley. The company plans to launch its commercial robotuxi service in Washington, DCC and Miami the following year.