May Mobility brings autonomous vehicles to the streets In a partnership with Cepton Technologies Inc., May Mobility is upgrading its Detroit self-driving vehicle fleet. Founded in 2017, University of Michigan startup May Mobility wants to become one of the first companies not only to bring autonomous vehicles to the street, but to do it as a transportation method for the public. However, Edwin Olson, CEO and Co-Founder of May Mobility, thinks that going after the entire transportation market, like other big companies in the space are doing, is a big stretch. "That's a great market, but we believe it could take five to 10 years for the technology to catch up," Olson said. "We think that by starting with right-sized transportation in controlled environments, we can build a …show more content…
Recently, May Mobility partnered with Cepton Technologies, a high-performance & low-cost 3D LiDAR solutions provider for the automotive, industrial and mapping markets. This partnership focuses on combining both companies’ technologies - by integrating Cepton’s products onto May Mobility’s vehicles -, speed up the development process, and the deployment of the vehicles on the streets. “Cepton and May Mobility are biased toward action and share a common vision that autonomous vehicles can be developed and deployed with today’s advanced technology,” said Jun Pei, co-founder and CEO of Cepton. “Cepton and May each recognize that with the right teams, AV technology can be deployed and have an impact immediately, rather than rely on research and development concepts and expensive hard-to-produce components. This seamless vision and culture fit led our companies to enthusiastically pursue this