The Mobile World Congress 2023 (MWC 2023) in Barcelona, Spain, came to an end on March 2 local time. During the four-day event, a driverless travel service from a German startup drew attention.
According to CCTV Finance, the service is called “remote driving”, the service is different from the traditional concept of driverless, it does not allow the car to drive automatically, but allows staff to operate the console in the remote simulation warehouse through the 5G network, sending instructions to the car to control the car driving. This way, users don’t have to worry about parking and other issues, and can simply book a car on their cell phones to enjoy a convenient and fast travel experience.
Thomas, the company’s CEO, said their goal is to solve the traffic challenges in big cities, “We want to make users feel like they are driving themselves, and when they reach their destination they just get out and go, and the remote driver does the rest”.
The company is also the first in Europe to have tested “remote driving” on public roads, and at MWC 2023 they showed a live demonstration of a crew remotely controlling an electric car in Berlin, Germany, from Barcelona. The company plans to launch a future service that combines driverless cabs and car rentals as a way to ease traffic pressure and parking problems in major cities.
