The first co-drive experience prototype

Abstract

In this paper, we report on a first experience prototype for the Co-Drive concept, which is a new service for traveling and socializing by car between a driver on an automated vehicle and a remote passenger connected via virtual reality from home. Pushing beyond driving and safety functionalities, Co-Drive envisions a new way of sharing the trip, which could be enabled by future technologies, providing a social context for automated cars actions and teleoperated driving. We also reflect on the concept of Driver-Car assemblage as a human and material object conjunction, and we suggest that Co-Drive enables a new kind of assemblage among the Driver-Remote Passenger-Automated Car.