""It always felt like it was three years out," he said of autonomous driving. "And then every year it shifted by a year. So we wanted to have self-driving cars everywhere in 2020 at Zoox. And then it was 2021 and so forth." Von der Ohe left Zoox in 2018. Instead of fixating on robotaxis, von der Ohe wanted to stay in mobility but work on something that could be faster to bring to market"
""It's basically by far the most affordable A to B transport," von der Ohe, a former technical program manager during the early days of Zoox, said. "It's half the price of Uber and half the price of robotaxis. How it works: We just bring the car, you then drive, and then when you're done, you don't have to park.""
Vay is a Berlin startup founded by two engineers and a former Zoox employee that offers short-term private vehicle delivery using remote-driving technology and planned autonomy. The company aims to deliver cars without humans inside to renters who need a vehicle for less than a day, removing parking and pickup hassles. Vay positions itself as cheaper than Uber and robotaxis and more convenient than traditional brick-and-mortar rentals. Founder Thomas von der Ohe draws on Zoox experience and skepticism about ever-shifting full autonomy timelines, pursuing a faster-to-market mobility product rather than focusing solely on robotaxis.
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