Mass Travel is a mobile Internet travel platform under the Mass Transit (Group), headquartered in Shanghai, which was launched on March 20 16. The platform has a variety of services, such as taxis, private cars, domestic cars, government vehicles and so on. By 2020, it has provided services in Shanghai, Shaoxing, Hangzhou, Suzhou, Tianjin and other national 18 urban areas.
Volkswagen Travel realizes big data analysis and professional service management through self-developed smart rearview mirror systems and other terminal equipment, with the goal of being a smart car and an intelligent travel platform.
AutoX is an autonomous driving company headquartered in Shenzhen, and it is the only company with autonomous driving license in Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen. At the beginning of 20 19, AutoX realized point-to-point large-scale automatic driving for the first time in downtown areas of first-tier cities in Shenzhen. 20 19 12 months, car? X announced its cooperation with Pengcheng Electric, the largest taxi company in Shenzhen.
In July, 2020, AutoX obtained the second unmanned taxi license in California. This license plate is recognized as the most valuable technical certification and license plate in the autonomous driving industry. So far, only Google Waymo and AutoX have obtained this license. ?
On April 27th, AutoX cooperated with Gaode to launch Robotaxi in Jiading without obtaining the trial operation license, and was ordered to stop by the regulatory authorities. Its driver's license was revoked for a month and was not restored until June 4.
However, in mid-August, the Robotaxi business that AutoX cooperated with Gaode was opened to the public in Shanghai Jiading Automobile City. Users can make calls directly through Gaode APP without paying.
In this cooperation between AutoX and Volkswagen Travel, users also place orders through the Volkswagen Travel APP. ?
Yesterday, another self-driving startup company, Rong Yuan Qixing, also announced its cooperation with Cao Cao's trip, and plans to provide citizens with a car test ride service on the self-driving network in Hangzhou next year. Some time ago, Wenyuan Zhixing also announced cooperation with Gaode to deploy Robotaxi on the latter's network. ?
In the United States, Waymo's Robotaxi is not only deployed through WaymoOne network, but also cooperates with Raffles. Robotaxi of Ambofo is also deployed through cooperation with Raffles; What about Uber? The CEO has repeatedly said that he welcomes other autonomous driving companies to deploy Robotaxi on Uber's network. ?
It is also a last resort for autonomous driving companies to cooperate with travel companies.
There are obvious network effects on the travel network: the more vehicles are supplied, the shorter the waiting time and the better the experience, so it can attract more users and more users can attract more vehicles to join; On the contrary, the fewer vehicles, the worse the taxi experience of users, the more difficult it is to increase the number of users and the more difficult it is to expand the fleet size.
If autonomous driving startups operate through their own networks, they will encounter the latter situation and enter a dead end. Therefore, it is necessary to cooperate with travel platforms with a large user base and a large number of vehicles and operate in a "mixed scheduling" mode.
In the cooperation between the two parties, under normal circumstances, autonomous driving technology companies are not willing to obtain one-time income only by selling technical solutions, and they also want to participate in the revenue sharing of travel operations. However, it is still in the early stage, and the specific business model needs further exploration, and it also depends on the result of the game between the two sides.
This article comes from car home, the author of the car manufacturer, and does not represent car home's position.