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Note: this “press release” was our April Fools’ Day prank. Please don’t take it seriously.<\/p>\n
The leading Finnish software company Atostek has developed a mobile
\napplication “Kauko” which enables remote driving of passenger cars. This
\napplication is an interim step towards self-driving vehicles.<\/p>\n
– A fully autonomous car is terrifying especially to elderly people. In
\naddition, there are open liability issues to be solved. As the e.g.
\nyoung, old, sick, intoxicated, and rich can’t drive themselves, there is a
\nneed for driver as a service. However, a traditional personal driver
\nsitting in a car is vastly too expensive for most of us, says Mr. Mika
\nTorhola, the Managing Director of Atostek.<\/p>\n
– Our solution is an inexpensive mobile application available in popular
\napp stores. Anybody can sign up as a remote driver and offer remote
\ndriving service whenever and where ever they feel like it. A driver’s
\nlicense is not required as legally you’re just using a mobile application
\nand not directly driving a car. The driver is independent from the car
\nlocation and thus capable of serving large number of customers each day,
\nor even more than one customer simultaneously in case of an exceptionally
\nskilled driver. This reduces cost dramatically, explains Mr. Torhola.<\/p>\n
– A customer can order the driving service through Atostek’s broker
\nservice similar to Uber. However, Atostek’s service provides the driving
\nservice without a car and a driver inside, unlike Uber. In our service,
\nthe customer can use his or her own car, provided that it’s compatible
\nwith the service. Almost any modern car could be made compatible by means
\nof a simple software update, promises Mr. Torhola.<\/p>\n
– Car owners could also lease their vehicles to remote driving service
\nproviders so customers would have the choice of getting a remote driven
\ncar to the home door instead of a taxi. Crowdsourced driving makes
\ntraditional taxis and Uber obsolete, claims Mr. Torhola.<\/p>\n
– The driver service scales automatically as during the peak hours the
\nrates get higher according to the demand. Anybody with a cheap smart phone
\ncould instantly become a professional driver at the home couch, without
\nowning a car or a license, continues Mr. Torhola.<\/p>\n
– Someone might have second thoughts about getting into a car remotely
\ndriven by an unknown virtual driver. There is no need to worry about using
\nthe Kauko service as, similarly to Uber, all the feedback from other
\ncustomers to each driver is clearly visible to everybody. In rare cases of
\ndriver getting a phone call during the driving service, or battery running
\nout of charge in the mobile device, the service will find another driver
\nin just a few minutes, assures Mr. Torhola.<\/p>\n
Kauko service for crowdsourced driving will be launched at Atostek’s home
\npages on April 1, 2016.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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