Vay develops automotive-grade technology for remote driving ("teledriving"), paving the way for sustainable and driverless mobility services. 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. Teledrivers bring an electric car to the user and pick it up after the journey is completed, eliminating the time-consuming search for a parking spot. While in the car, the user drives themself. This creates the most affordable door-to-door mobility service.
In addition, Vay is building an extensive network of Automotive OEMs and commercial partners across the globe to bring the benefits of teledriving to personally owned cars, logistics, car share and rental, as well as public transport.
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What is Vay?
Vay develops automotive grade technology for remote driving ("teledriving"), paving the way for sustainable and driverless mobility services. With an alternative approach to autonomous driving, Vay aims to gradually introduce autonomous functions into its system based on high-quality teledrive data.
Vay was founded in Berlin in 2018 by Thomas von der Ohe, Fabrizio Scelsi and Bogdan Djukic. Vay's team of 150+ people combines the best of two worlds - software & product experience from Silicon Valley and automotive hardware & safety engineering from Europe. The company has offices in Berlin and Hamburg, Germany, and in Las Vegas, USA. Vay raised a USD 95m Series B funding round. Investors include Kinnevik, Coatue, Eurazeo, Atomico, La Famiglia and Creandum, as well as prominent business angels such as former Alphabet Chief Financial Officer Patrick Pichette, former member of the Management Board for R&D, Design, CTO of Audi Peter Mertens and Spotify’s Chief Technology & Chief Product Officer Gustav Söderström. www.vay.io
How does the service work?
Users order an electric vehicle via the Vay app and the teledriver brings the car to the user - remotely driven from the teledrive center. The user then jumps into the car and drives themself to the destination. Once there, a teledriver drives the car to the next user or parks it. No time spent picking up a car or trying to find parking.
What is teledriving?
Vay’s technology enables remote driving (teledriving). Professionally trained remote drivers (teledrivers) sit at a teledrive station with a steering wheel, pedals and other vehicle controls developed to meet 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 teledriver’s headphones.