VW unveils an electric van for its MOIA ride-sharing service

Volkswagen has unveiled the electric van that's a key part of its MOIA autonomous vehicle ride-sharing service. The van-pooling MOIA service will launch in Hamburg in 2018 with 200 vans, letting passengers enter a departure point and destination in an app. "We've set ourselves the goal of taking more than a million cars off the roads in Europe and the USA by 2025," said MOIA CEO Ole Harms. MOIA's aim is to eventually put autonomous, purpose-built vehicles on the road without drivers. At Disrupt, the company said that the business can still be profitable without the need for autonomous operation. MOIA also revealed more details about the ride-pooling service, including pricing.