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#News(General) [ via IoTForIndiaGroup ]
Request for Information that Singapore announced back in November.
The city state plans to operate fleets of autonomous vehicles in three districts starting in 2022.
The responses will inform a formal Request for Proposals to win the contracts to offer scheduled services, such as autonomous buses, and on-demand ride-hailing cars to the general public. The timing for the decisions hasn’t been revealed.
This is the first time that companies have a path to pitching for a commercial venture in a major global city. To actually win a contract, they’re going to have to do more than show they have the latest safety features. They’re going to have to present an entire business plan.
Singapore has asked for an incredible amount of detail. Its scope is unusual, covering topics from vehicle specifications, to the business model, to data and intellectual property ownership. It has 10 annexes, including 34 pages on 5G networks alone. It’s 122 pages long. The RFI for companies to test driverless cars in Washington is just four pages long.And the questions Singapore asked about the business of putting driverless vehicles into cities are profound. For example, how will the cost of rides be integrated into the city’s existing public transport fare structure? What sensors will be built into bus stops to detect how many passengers are waiting? What is the response plan and timeline to fix defective vehicles? How big will the requisite maintenance facilities be? It suggests that respondents should team up with insurers to help price insurance premiums.
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