THE NEW MOBILITY

Who will win the trillion dollar shared Robotaxi market?

“Hello Kenneth,
Your technology looks great”

Julia Bauer

Head of Sustainability

Nico Rosberg

Public transportation systems today have many limitations and problems that make it less attractive for the majority of car travelers. Even in a country like Sweden, with well developed public transport systems, people choose their private car for more than 80% of the daily trips resulting in traffic congestions, pollution and accidents. The major issues are:

- The distance from the starting point to the nearest bus/tram stop and from the last stop to the end destination, in most cases by walking..

- Often it is necessary to change to another bus/tram, adding waiting time and weather exposure.

- Sharing a limited space with other passengers reduce the possibility to work or relax and entails exposure to airborne infections.

- Total travel time is typically much longer than by private car, in Sweden the average is 68% longer

- Children can have problems with using public transport alone, also elderly and people with minor disabilities not qualified for special transportation service, making private car the chosen alternative.

With these obstacles the authorities in cities and regions have real problems to reach their goals for reduced traffic and pollution.  Electric drive is the key to sustainable transport.

CabiBUS the RoboStaxi with Privacy

CabiBUS is a compact, self-driving (autonomous Level 4), electric car with 3 doors on each side for a total of 6-12 passengers. It also have a rear cabin bookable for wheelchair passenger, baby stroller or luggage. It's  more convenient, safe, reliable and sustainable than any other means of local and regional travel. It's also suitable for children and persons with disabilities. CabiBUS can be produced in vastly larger volumes than buses and trams, which provides economies of scale and low cost per seat. It's truly the game changer in public transportation that can replace a substantial part of the private car traffic.

RoboTaxi or Robo-Shared-taxi, RoboStaxi

Taxi services with autonomous cars are now being developed by some of the largest companies in the world: Google Waymo, GM, Uber, DIDI and others have announced plans to launch such services before 2025. A Robotaxi trip will have a higher cost for a single passenger than a CabiBUS RoboStaxi trip. 

Many researchers are warning for increased traffic congestions when anyone can take a low cost direct trip alone in a robotaxi so politicians will probably have to find ways to give shared travelling priority in cities.

CabiBUS can offer faster trips than RoboTaxis where it is allowed to use public transportation lanes.

The road to seamless urban mobility. Article - McKinsey Quarterly - January 2019

(The CabiBUS text on the Autonomous Vehicles is not on the original article illustration)

The Boston Consulting Group, Robo-Taxis and the New Mobility

Good morning. It’s 6:30 a.m. and time to get ready for work. You, representing an ever-growing share of the world’s population, live in a megacity—in your case New York, though it could easily be Shanghai, Paris, or any number of other huge cities. Between you and your office stand several miles of bumper-to-bumper highway traffic, so you reluctantly roll out of the house and into your car at 7:15 sharp, hoping to arrive at the office by 9:00.

Now imagine an alternative. Last night, you arranged for a taxi to show up at your door at 7:45 this morning, knowing as you do that the trip will take less time than it would if you were to drive yourself. Soon after you get in the car, it picks up another passenger going in the same direction, who sits in a separate, private compartment. There are no commuter train schedules to worry about, no parking hassles, and no need to weave through the rush-hour crowds in town. Better yet, your taxi ride is cheaper per mile than the cost of driving yourself. And you won’t have to tip your driver. The car drives itself.