Car manufacturers have expressed interest in using their vehicles in taxi services, and with the advent of "autopilot" that interest only grew. As Reuters reports, BMW intends to create a park robocar . According to representatives of the Bavarian carmaker as soon as the chain of profit is excluded driver.
The following year in Munich will run prototypes BMW testers from behind the wheel. Park of about forty vehicles will allow BMW to gain experience of using robotic vehicles in urban environments. In the future we plan to extend the experiment to other cities in Germany. In the US, the company already has experience in the travel market. For the first four days of the service the number of subscribers has exceeded 14 thousand people, and in fact in the US market at BMW in this segment of the market not less than four competitors, including Uber and Lyft.
BMW does not aspire to become the largest player in the market, but making an effort to offer the best service. Having own fleet, according to representatives of BMW, will allow the company to offer a unique service, which does not provide competing services.