Verizon Business, Vay Technology enter 5G connected-vehicle deal

Verizon Business and Vay Technology announced an agreement bringing Verizon 5G connectivity to Vay’s fleet of teleoperated electric vehicles. The deal also includes custom data plans to help manage massive amounts of data generated by Vay vehicles’ sensors and cameras. Vay currently operates its commercial service in Las Vegas, where users can order an electric car via the Vay app and have it delivered to them by a Vay teledriver. While in the car, the users drive themselves, just like in a regular car. When the trip is complete, they end the rental in the app, exit the vehicle, and a Vay teledriver remotely drives it to the next customer. High-performance, low-latency Verizon 5G connectivity helps enable this operational model. Verizon connectivity is used for data-intensive, mission-critical workloads such as providing mobility solutions for teleoperation-capable cars; transmitting telematics or diagnostic information from vehicles to Vay and/or Vay customers; and transmitting over-the-air updates to software and firmware in Vay vehicles.