German startup Vay on Wednesday launched its so-called “teledriving” solution in the U.S. for the first time, putting the company into direct competition with more richly funded and valuable American firms in the mobility technology space.
Read articleA new approach to driverless mobility
Now live in Las Vegas
Get the appWe are live in Las Vegas
We have launched our driverless mobility service in Las Vegas, Nevada. Download the app and sign up today.
Milestones on our journey
Our teledriving technology enables driving without a safety driver in the car for the first time in European road traffic. Read more
Vay raised a $95m Series B round in December 2021.
Read more
Remotely driving from MWC (Mobile World Congress) Barcelona to Berlin with Ericsson and Deutsche Telekom.
Read more
Vay’s Services
Customers order an electric vehicle via the Vay app. A teledriver brings the car directly to a valid pick-up location for the customer - remotely controlled from the teledrive center. Upon arrival of the car, the customer then physically drives themselves to their destination. Once the customer has arrived at their destination, a teledriver takes over the vehicle once again at a valid drop-off point. This eliminates the time-consuming search for a parking space.
Customers get access to a unique service that promises peace of mind: Your fully electric car is delivered within a few minutes. There is no need to search for a vehicle or parking spot and it is an affordable alternative to car sharing and existing door-to-door solutions.
Safety first.
At Vay we strive for high safety in everything we do. The first company rule is “safety first,” the second rule is “safety first.” Vay develops its teledrive technology in order to fulfill applicable safety requirements and to provide customers a reliable mobility service.
Safety is also at the core of the teledrive training process, the Vay Teledrive Academy. All our teledrivers undergo extensive professional training. Safety also plays a key role in day-to-day operations. Teledrivers work in a teledrive center, which is designed to ensure high safety. They work regular hours, take frequent breaks and are free from distractions.
Teledriving as a new path to an autonomous future.
A human-machine collaboration.
Vay is developing an alternative approach to autonomous driving called teledriving.
With its teledrive-first-approach, Vay aims to offer a sustainable and safe service that can be an alternative to existing mobility services. Vay aims to gradually introduce autonomous driving functions in the system as it is safe and permitted to do so.
OUR VALUES
What we believe in
Meet the team
Employee Spotlight
Job Board
We would love to get
you on board
News
Find out what we have been up to lately!
Jan 17, 2024
CNBC: This startup has a different take on driverless cars. Now it’s launching in the U.S.
Jan 17, 2024
Reuters: Germany’s Vay launches remote-driven car service in Las Vegas
Jan 17 (Reuters) - German remote-driving startup Vay said on Wednesday it had launched its first commercial service in Las Vegas where a "teledriver", or remote driver, delivers electric short-term rental cars to customers then collects them after the rental.
Read articleJan 17, 2024
Bloomberg: Remotely Driven Car Startup Launches Service in Las Vegas
German startup Vay has launched a remotely driven car service in Las Vegas after years of developing and testing the technology as an intermediate step toward full autonomy.
Read articleDec 10, 2023
Podcast: All about Autonomy
Each episode Zeke talks with LiDAR industry leaders who are developing autonomous technology guaranteed to change the world. This week Zeke is joined by founder of Berlin-based deep technology company Vay, Fabrizio Scelsi.
Listen to PodcastOct 10, 2023
Wired: Remote Driving Is a Sneaky Shortcut to the Robotaxi
German startup Vay is pushing teledriving—in which cars are remotely operated by humans—as easier to achieve than fully autonomous driving.
Read articleSep 25, 2023
Electrek: Vay hires its first teledriver to remotely operate its vehicles in the US
Four months after announcing plans to bring its rental EV delivery service over from Europe to the US, Vay has hired its first teledriver – the first of many who will soon be remotely operating EVs throughout the country without a human physically present.
Read articleSep 10, 2023
Podcast: The Rideshare Guy
In this episode Harry speaks with Justin Spratt. Justin is Vice President of Business & Corporate Development at Vay, the leading remote driving (teledriving) company.
Listen to PodcastJun 15, 2023
Podcast: Road to Autonomy
Thomas von der Ohe, Co-Founder & CEO, joined Grayson Brulte on The Road to Autonomy podcast to discuss why Vay is taking a tele-driving first approach to autonomy.
Listen to PodcastSupporters
Look who already
joined the journey!
Coatue
Gustav Söderström
CPO/CTO (Chief RnD Officer) at Spotify
Kinnevik
Niall Wass
CEO, SVP, COO, CCO at various tech enabled consumer start-ups. Former SVP International, Uber across 50 countries. Investor at Atomico & currently on 5 boards including Vay.
Atomico
Patrick Pichette
Partner at Inovia Capital, former chairman of the board at Twitter, and former global CFO at Google.
Nico Rosberg
F1 World Champion and Greentech Investor / Entrepreneur.
Cristina Stenbeck
Investor and Advisor.
Creandum
Niklas Zennstroem
Founder of Skype, Kazaa and Atomico.
La Famiglia
Jeannette zu Fürstenberg
Founding Partner at La Famiglia, Member of the Digital Supervisory Board of Lufthansa, Investor into Lilium, the leading EVOTL company, Kodiak Robotics, the market leader for autonomous simulation software.
Signals
Qasar Younis
Co-founder and CEO of Applied Intuition, former COO and Partner of Y Combinator.
Eurazeo
Founders of FlixMobility
Mobility/Tech Investors and Entrepreneurs.
Visionaries Club
Robert Lacher
Founding Partner of Visionaries Club & La Famiglia.