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Yandex Seeks 10x Expansion of Robotic Car Fleet
Russian internet and ride-hailing services provider Yandex NV tells Reuters it hopes to put 1,000 self-driving test cars on the road within two years.
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Russian internet and ride-hailing services provider Yandex NV tells Reuters it hopes to put 1,000 self-driving test cars on the road within two years.
The Moscow-based company began developing a Level 4 autonomous driving system, which can operate a vehicle with no driver backup under most conditions, three years ago.
Yandex began testing self-driving cars in 2017. The enterprise has dozens of test vehicles in operation now and expects its fleet to reach 100 cars by year-end.
Yandex is just beginning tests in the city of Innopolis of autonomous cars with no human backup driver on board. The company, which has been listed on the NASDAQ stock exchange since 2011, has partnered with Uber Technologies Inc. on ride-share services in Russia and several surrounding countries.
The head of the company’s autonomous car unit tells Reuters he is eager to expand the company’s test fleet in a bid to catch Waymo, the acknowledged industry leader in robotic vehicle systems. Yandex received a license last year to test its technology in Israel and says it may seek the same permission in the U.S.
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