Fun Utility Vehicle manufacturer Arcimoto collaborates with Faction Technology and GoCar Tours to produce up to 310 driverless electric cars, as per TechCrunch. It will run on GoCar Network technology and Faction’s DriveLink and TeleAssist systems.
“This is a confluence of three cutting-edge technologies: the rightsized Arcimoto electric vehicle architecture, Faction’s driverless technology, and GoCar’s award-winning GPS-guided tours. Building on GoCar’s proven business model, we believe this is a perfect fit for the sustainable tourism industry today, and will be a key step in our plans to deploy driverless FUVs for everyday transportation in the future.”
Jesse Fittipaldi, Arcimoto Interim CEO
How would the project work?
The collaboration calls for GoCar Tours Las Vegas to launch a 20-vehicle pilot program in 2023. GoCar will gradually deploy up to 290 additional vehicles to GoCar stations in Las Vegas, San Francisco, San Diego, and Barcelona, Spain, once the pilot has been completed.
What can the project offer?
Through this collaboration, GoCar’s storytelling feature would allow users to tour selected cities at their own leisure and on their own time. Notably, it is the first GPS-guided tour worldwide which are capable of the following:
· gives directions
· cracks jokes
· recommends restaurants
· tells legendary stories about the cities
“This is an incredible innovation on so many levels, dramatically improving our customer rental experience while driving down the cost of fleet operations. I love that a customer will be able to reserve a GoCar, it will driverlessly arrive at their location, they get in and take the controls, getting the same award-winning GoCar experience, stopping wherever they like when they like. And then, when they head back to their hotels, the Arcimoto will driverlessly return to GoCar. It’s magic.”
Nathan Withrington, Founder of GoCar Tours
Undoubtedly, the concept of developing these three-wheeled driverless tour cars is brilliant. It will provide tourists with an exceptional and convenient touring experience.
