Bolt partners with Tartu University on self-driving tech

Ride-sharing company Bolt has joined forces with the University of Tartu (UT) in Estonia to develop technology for SAE Level 4 autonomous vehicles (AV). The partners intend to carry out AV pilots in urban areas and integrate AVs onto Bolt’s on-demand transportation platform by 2026. Jevgeni Kabanov, chief product officer at Bolt - formerly Taxify - says: “Rather than developing our own vehicle, the goal of this project is to build our self-driving technology with a focus on software and maps, on top of ex
September 5, 2019 Read time: 2 mins

Ride-sharing company Bolt has joined forces with the University of Tartu (UT) in Estonia to develop technology for 567 SAE Level 4 autonomous vehicles (AV).

The partners intend to carry out AV pilots in urban areas and integrate AVs onto Bolt’s on-demand transportation platform by 2026.

Jevgeni Kabanov, chief product officer at Bolt - formerly Taxify - says: “Rather than developing our own vehicle, the goal of this project is to build our self-driving technology with a focus on software and maps, on top of existing platforms and open-source software.”

Anne Jääger, head of industry collaboration at UT institute of computer science, says: “Our scientists will support Bolt in developing self-driving vehicle-based services and by involving students in lab experiments we’ll prepare them for future careers in the field of autonomous technologies.”

Vehicles equipped with self-driving technology are expected to be deployed for road tests in early 2020.

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