Bosch to develop solutions for driverless electric shuttles

Bosch is developing solutions for a new kind of mobility: driverless electric shuttles that will be used for transporting goods or people in cities in future. Bosch provides components and systems for automating, connecting, and electrifying the shuttles, but shuttle mobility won’t be possible without mobility services. In the future, the company will offer these services too, bundling them into a smart, seamlessly connected ecosystem. That will include booking, sharing, and networking platforms, parking and charging services, and software solutions for managing and maintaining the vehicles, as well as infotainment during the journey.

“Bosch is developing a unique package of hardware, software, and mobility services for shuttle mobility of the future,” said Dr Markus Heyn, member of the board of management of Robert Bosch GmbH. At CES 2019 in Las Vegas, the world’s biggest electronics show, Bosch will be presenting its solutions for this area of transportation with a concept shuttle, and visitors will be able to experience its full range of services.

The emergence of the shuttle segment is a result of rising demand for ridesharing services: in Europe, the US, and China alone, about one million such on-demand shuttle buses will be on the roads as early as the year 2020, growing to 2.5 million by 2025. Many of these vehicles, available 24/7, will be fully electric.