BotRide On-Demand Self Driving Vehicles Coming to Irvine, California - Robot News

Next week, on-demand autonomous vehicles will begin operating on public roads in Irvine, California. Called BotRide, the pilot program comes from a partnership between Hyundai, Chinese vehicle company Pony.ai, BotRide will be covering a variety of residential, commercial and industrial destinations around Irvine including the UCI campus. The goal of the project is to study consumer behavior in an autonomous ride-sharing environment. As far as the vehicles go, BotRide will be using the 100% electric Hyundai Kona SUVs.