A Market Need

A Smart Future

The DAV project foresees a future where autonomous vehicles (AVs) and their services are ubiquitous to society. It envisions a world where automation is universal, and integrated into all vehicles. By introducing smart vehicles, human error would be mitigated and operating costs vastly reduced with the reduction of human control. All services involving transportation would be disrupted, whether it would be the movement of goods or people. The transportation industry would reduce significant expenses, as automation would cut costs in shipping, land transport and air transport; and these savings would be passed on to customers.

In this future, automation would transition personal transportation to more cost effective options like ride sharing of AVs. Consumers need not own their own vehicles. Rather, in this future it would be more cost effective to rent the services of AVs on a cost per use basis.

A Smart Network

AV networks would allow AV owners to fully monetize the value of their vehicles by renting them to a network of AVs. An unified network would acts as a convenient hub, a marketplace, where the services of AV could be bid on by customers.

In this world that DAV envisions, autonomous vehicles will be a pervasive part of the daily lives of billions. A unified network will exist, which would allow consumers to conveniently locate and utilize the services of AVs as well as monetize their value as owners of AVs.

DAV argues that an environment of disparate and centralized autonomous networks, where private companies choose competition over cooperation, would hinder the progress of AV development and reduce the accessibility of AVs — all at the expense of consumers. To create this future of autonomous vehicles, there is then a need for a network that is unified. There must a hub that connects all devices to one community and is open, inspiring collaboration through mutual development.