Nexar and Vay formed an early design partnership, integrating Nexar’s BADAS incident prediction model into Vay’s remote driving platform. The collaboration adds proactive AI-powered safety as the remotely driven service expands across commercial operations nationwide.
Integrating Predictive Intelligence
Nexar, a leader in AI-powered mobility solutions, partnered with Vay, an automotive-grade remote driving technology provider. The companies will embed Nexar’s BADAS foundation model directly into Vay’s remotely driven fleet operations. Initially, they will implement the system within Vay’s engineering fleet for validation and performance testing.This integration introduces a proactive safety layer to one of today’s most advanced mobility services.
“Remote driving puts humans and machines into a shared control loop, and safety has to work at that same level,” said Zach Greenberger, CEO of Nexar. “BADAS was built to understand how real people actually drive – not how simulations behave. Partnering with Vay lets us prove, in a demanding real-life environment, that predictive intelligence can meaningfully reduce risk and support safer mobility at scale.”
Vay operates the world’s first remotely driven car rental service without a safety driver inside vehicles. Professionally trained Remote Drivers control cars from Vay’s Remote Driving Center in structured environments.
From Reaction to Prevention
From inception, Vay engineered its platform to meet strict safety and security standards. Remote Drivers are able to work without distractions, observe scheduled breaks, and are under constant performance monitoring. This eliminates key causes of accidents, such as distraction, fatigue, impairment, and speeding. Vay is improving its safety strategy with the incorporation of BADAS, a predictive AI that has been trained on billions of miles and is able to foresee potential risks prior to the onset of accidents in complex traffic scenarios.
“Safety is the foundation of everything we do at Vay,” said Thomas von der Ohe, CEO and Co-Founder of Vay. “As we scale our service, we need safety systems that are proactive, not just reactive. Integrating Nexar’s BADAS model into our system equips our Remote Drivers with advanced, augmented capabilities, enabling them to better anticipate risk.”
This is the first real-world incident prediction deployment for Remote Drivers on public roads. Vay launched its service of remotely driven rentals in Las Vegas since January 2024. They can request electric vehicles remotely, use them normally, and then return control for remote parking.
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Source: PRNewswire
