Driverless cars are finally coming to New York. Sort of.
Optimus Ride, a self-driving tech company, is launching a fleet of six cars at Brooklyn's Navy Yard on Wednesday in a push to bring autonomous vehicles to the Empire State. It's unclear though how"self-driving" they are: every car will have a safety driver and software operator on board.
"One is the safety operator behind the steering wheel and the other is the software operator in front passenger seat monitor," according to the company. "The system will run on a continuous loop between 7 a.m. and 10:30 p.m. on weekdays," the company said in a press release. It expects to transport 500 passengers a day and more than 16,000 passengers a month.
The company recently announced plans to expand into additional states. In addition to Brooklyn, it will launch similar projects in California and just outside Washington, D.C. All of the test areas are geofenced campuses separated from city streets."There is no exact date of when the cars will operate without a safety driver, but it will be some time before Optimus Ride removes the safety operators," a spokeswoman said.
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