In February 2023, Vay was the first (and is still the only) company in Europe to drive on public roads without a person in the vehicle.
In January 2024, Vay launched its first commercial mobility service in Las Vegas, USA.
In addition, Vay is building an extensive network of automotive OEMs and commercial partners worldwide to bring the benefits of teledriving to personally owned cars, logistics, car share and rental, and public transport.
Vay’s team of 150+ people combines the best of two worlds—software and product experience from Silicon Valley and automotive hardware and safety engineering from Europe. The company has offices in Berlin and Hamburg, Germany, and Las Vegas, USA.
Vay has raised almost $150 million in funding from global investors, including Kinnevik, Coatue, Eurazeo, Atomico, La Famiglia (part of General Catalyst), and Creandum, as well as business angels such as F1 World Champion and entrepreneur Nico Rosberg, former Alphabet CFO Patrick Pichette, former Audi CTO Peter Mertens, and Spotify’s CTO & CPO Gustav Söderström.
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What is Vay?
IIn February 2023, Vay became the first—and remains the only—company in Europe to operate on public roads without a safety driver inside the vehicle. Building on this success, Vay launched its first commercial mobility service in Las Vegas, USA, in January 2024. Vay's mission is to make Remote Driving universally accessible.
We are pursuing a gradual introduction of autonomous driving. Starting with the simplest functions, e.g., on highways or at low speeds, we intend to gradually incorporate autonomous functiyons into our system as soon as this is safe and legally permissible.
How does the service work?
Users request a vehicle through the Vay mobile app. A remote driver delivers an electric car to the customer’s location, controlling it from a Remote Driving Station. Once the car arrives, the user takes manual control and drives it like a regular vehicle. After completing the trip, the user ends the rental in the app and exits the car without needing to park, as the remote driver handles parking or drives the vehicle to the next customer. This is the most affordable door-to-door mobility service.
What is Remote Driving?
Vay’s technology enables safe automotive-grade Remote Driving. Professionally trained remote drivers sit at a remote drive station with a steering wheel, pedals, and other vehicle controls that have been developed to meet the highest automotive industry standards. The car surroundings are reproduced via camera sensors and transmitted to the screens of the teledrive station. Road traffic sounds, such as emergency vehicles and other warning signals, are transmitted via microphones to the Remote Driver’s headphones.