On-demand ride-share specialist May Mobility has deployed an autonomous vehicle in the US state of Georgia for the first time.
In partnership with Curiosity Lab at Peachtree Corners and 5G provider T-Mobile, the AV specialist will operate - with a safety attendant - an autonomous Toyota Sienna Autono-MaaS to demonstrate the technology to visitors at Curiosity Lab.
The service, which takes four passengers at a time, will open to the general public after 7 October, with eight stops along Technology Parkway, running Monday to Friday from 8am-4pm.
The company says it has completed over 380,000 autonomy-enabled rides across 15 deployments worldwide.
Users can book the Peachtree Corners service on the Via app and the goal is to eventually remove the attendant and be completely driverless.
Each May Mobility AV has its patented Multi-Policy Decision Making (MPDM) system, powered by in-situ AI.
May says MPDM runs on-board simulations in real-time, while driving autonomously, to analyse and learn from thousands of possible scenarios every second, choosing the safest one.
“Our autonomous driving technology has proven its ability to scale well across diverse environments, and we’re excited to operate in Peachtree Corners’ real-world smart city,” said Manik Dhar, chief commercial officer for May Mobility.
"This deployment allows us to showcase how MPDM operates both inside and outside of Curiosity Lab’s autonomous vehicle test lanes, while also benefiting from T-Mobile’s 5G."
“We have been able to demo, test and deploy multiple autonomous vehicle solutions since we opened in 2019, and we are excited to continue these efforts by welcoming May Mobility to Peachtree Corners and the state of Georgia,” said Peachtree Corners city manager Brian Johnson.
“As we continue to focus on bringing autonomous mobility options to residents and visitors to better connect them with the community, May Mobility’s solutions provide an on-demand service within our ecosystem, with the goal to slowly expand the route to our town centre.”
