National Electric Vehicle Sweden (NEVS) has presented a mobility ecosystem for autonomous electric vehicles for sharing services, under the name PONS. At the heart of the ecosystem is the autonomous Sango electric vehicle for up to six passengers.

Shared autonomous shuttle buses have been toyed with by carmakers across the board, but NEVS points out that developing such a product is counter-intuitive to most carmakers because it reduces the need for drivers to purchase their own vehicles.

The Evergrande-owned Swedish company “believes there is no reason to own an autonomous vehicle because it can pick the passengers up from wherever they are and take them wherever they want to go in the city, at a fair price. At the same time, they don’t have to worry about parking, refuelling, service or running costs,” they explain. This paves the way for the NEVS to get this product to market and in operation before their reluctant carmaking counterparts.