Arcimoto, Inc. announced a partnership with Faction Technology, Inc. and GoCar Tours, Inc. to develop up to 310 driverless electric vehicles, powered by Faction's DriveLink® and TeleAssist® technologies and GoCar's patented GoCar Network technology, which allows users to explore select cities on their own schedule at their own pace. The partnership calls for an initial 20-vehicle pilot program to begin at GoCar Tours Las Vegas in 2023. Upon successful completion of the pilot, GoCar will begin a phased deployment of up to an additional 290 vehicles to GoCar locations in Las Vegas, San Francisco, and San Diego, Calif., and later in Barcelona, Spain.

The cure for the common tour, GoCar's storytelling cars allows users to explore the city on their own schedule at their own pace. The GoCar mobile tour guide, the world's first GPS-guided tour, gives directions, cracks jokes, recommends restaurants, and tells the legendary stories that bring each city to life. Faction's DriveLink® and TeleAssist® technologies will enable GoCar EVs to combine autonomy with remote human teleoperation.

Faction's technology architecture is designed with driverless systems in mind, which allows it to incorporate new technology radically faster than legacy vehicle platforms. It partners with innovative companies to develop sophisticated teleoperation abilities, precise vehicle positioning, hazard recognition, and vehicle design to accommodate the 90% of urban trips that consist of one passenger traveling a few miles.