The promise of driverless on-demand vehicles whisking passengers from the airport to the city center or providing last-mile transport services remains unfulfilled.
The cost and complexity of achieving autonomous driving was underlined by the high-profile collapse of former Ford Motor and Volkswagen Group partner Argo AI.
Despite the shockwaves of Argo AI’s failure, self-driving technology projects continue to run around the world.
In Norway, the goal is to bring a fleet of 50 fully autonomous vehicles to Oslo’s roads by late 2024 or early 2025.
The team working to make this a reality includes autonomous mobility implementation specialist Holo, self-driving system developer Mobileye, and Ruter, Oslo's public transport authority.
The partners are currently collecting data via a small fleet of Nio ES8 full-electric SUVs while simultaneously working to secure the necessary driving permits for the vehicles.
"There is a testing period in various stages between now and in the middle of 2024. At that point, we expect to be able to open up a limited program where people can join in a select way," Holo CEO Christian Bering Pedersen told Automotive News Europe.