Google has met few daring ideas it doesn't like. But three years ago, the idea of a self-driving bicycle was just too much. It mocked the concept of an autonomous bicycle in an April Fools' Day video. Why would anyone need a bike that rode itself?
Since then the electric bike and scooter-sharing craze has stormed into cities. Companies have burned through cash as fast as they've raised it, largely due to the high costs needed to pay a staff to corral badly parked scooters and re-charge them. But now the joke might actually be on Google. Startups, investors and even companies as big as Uber are exploring self-driving bikes and scooters as a way to lower operations costs and soothe strained relations with cities.
"If you want to build a very durable, long-lasting vehicle that doesn't waste a lot of spare parts, that can be in conflict with a vehicle that has a bunch of advanced sensors on it," Dastoor said.Scooter companies are relying on cameras, radar and ultrasonic sensors to safely guide their vehicles. Tortoise estimates the cost of automating a scooter at about $100 more in initial parts.No matter how the financial picture turns out, cultural challenges will continue to loom.
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