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Driverless cars are no longer restricted to the realm of sci-fi thanks to companies like Waymo deploying commercial robotaxi services in multiple cities. And a number of automakers, big and small, are trying to bring that same level of autonomy to personally-owned vehicles over the next few years.<\/p>\n
If that happens, what kinds of things could you do with a personal AV? Maybe you\u2019ll be able to send it to pick up food or run errands \u2014 the hope of a company called Autolane<\/a>. Or, if you\u2019re Tesla CEO Elon Musk, you think owners will want to deploy their cars into the world to offer rides to other people, creating a tidy, nearly effortless side-hustle.<\/p>\n Hebron Sher, co-founder of Dallas-based Zevo, is eager to capitalize on all of the above. The company has been operating an EV-only, car-share fleet<\/a> for a little over a year, and it\u2019s now adding robotaxis, starting with a new company called Tensor.<\/p>\n Tensor is kind of an odd duck. The startup sort of emerged earlier this year<\/a> from a previous China-based company called AutoX, and boldly claims that it will be the first to sell a fully autonomous car to regular consumers \u2014 in 2026, no less. Zevo says it will purchase up to 100 of Tensor\u2019s cars and add them to its network.<\/p>\n There aren\u2019t a lot of details on timing, and Tensor still needs to show that it can build cars at any kind of scale and reliability, which are massive hurdles that have tripped up many other newcomers in recent years. If it works, Zevo customers would essentially be able to borrow the Tensor AVs in what amounts to a sort of decentralized robotaxi service.<\/p>\n The announcement resembles the many heady-yet-ultimately-unmet promises that were made a decade ago, when the self-driving car hype first peaked. But with real robotaxis on the roads now, the idea seems a little<\/em> more tangible this time.<\/p>\n \u201cTensor\u2019s vision is to build a future where everyone owns their own Artificial General Intelligence \u2014 a personal AGI that enables more time, freedom and autonomy,\u201d Hugo Fozzati, Tensor\u2019s chief business officer, said in a statement. \u201cFor us, this partnership with Zevo is not only just a batch sale of our vehicles, but also enables individuals and micro-entrepreneurs to participate and profit from AV business in this AI era.\u201d<\/p>\n Techcrunch event<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSan Francisco<\/span>
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