Easy Ride
A Transportation Service for More Freedom of Mobility
Nissan started a partnership with the Japanese tech company DeNA (pronounced D-N-A) in 2017 to jointly develop and engage in a series of field tests for Easy Ride®*, a new robo-vehicle mobility service of the future.
With "more freedom of mobility" as its concept, Easy Ride®* is envisioned as a transportation service for anyone who wants to travel freely to their destination of choice. The companies also expect Easy Ride®* will enable customers to discover new local destinations through the service.
The goal is to provide a convenient, easy-to-use mobile app? that allows customers to complete the whole process from setting their destinations and summoning vehicles to paying their fares all from the palms of their hands. The app will also provide customers with the freedom to select recommended local hot spots and different sightseeing routes depending on the customers' objectives. The companies also plan to ensure customers' peace of mind with a 24-hour remote monitoring center in addition to the robo-vehicles equipped with Nissan's proven autonomous driving technology.
The Technology
A Remote Monitoring System Combining Nissan's Seamless Autonomous Mobility (SAM) and DeNA's Service Operations
As part of the Easy Ride®* field test, Nissan and DeNA have also set up a remote monitoring center that uses the two companies' advanced technologies, aiming to develop a robo-vehicle service that also gives customers peace of mind. In the future, Nissan plans to use its SAM technology to remotely monitor robo-vehicles' locations and conditions inside the cabins through cameras mounted both inside and outside them. By connecting the vehicles with DeNA's service platform, vehicle logistics and schedules will also be managed at the remote monitoring center.
Nissan's Autonomous Driving Technology for Robo-Vehicles
Nissan
has
equipped
the
field
test
vehicles
with
the
latest
version
of
its
autonomous
driving
technology.
Fully
leveraging
the
data
and
information
accumulated
in
the
series
of
the
field
tests,
Nissan
and
DeNA
will
work
together
to
develop
service
designs
for
driver-less
environments,
expand
service
routes,
optimize
distribution
logic
for
when
vehicles
share
congested
roads
with
driver-operated
vehicles,
establish
pickup/drop-off
processes,
and
explore
the
possibility
of
multilingual
support,
toward
the
full
service
launch.
- Easy Ride® is a trademark of DeNA Co., Ltd. and Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
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