Vemo has been allowed to map a roadways at San Francisco International Airport (SFO) by a temporary permit.
The temporary permit, which was announced on Monday evening, was launched by San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lori, March 14.
Veemo vehicles at the airport will not work independently. Employees will start operating vehicles manually to map the area. However, the permit indicates the start of a step -by -step approach to Vimo, eventually works commercially there.
According to a statement by Nicole Gul, head of business development and strategic partnerships in Wemo, “This mapping permit is an important step towards bringing a vamo service to millions of people traveling from the city every year.” “Many of these passengers have placed the SFO at the top of the list of desire to extend their service.”
The permit indicates a change for Vimo, which Unable to obtain a permit. To make a SFO map in 2023. It also comes with some strings, including data sharing, according to the language in a contract seen by the tech cranch. This language will likely be included in future contracts with the City and San Francisco Airport Commission as Vemo has advanced a phased outlook that begins with mapping, followed by human safety operator, driver lace testing, and finally autonomous tests.
According to the contract made by Tech Croatch, each vehicle must provide specific data to Vimo after the mapping session. According to the agreement, for this “data interface contract”, Vimo is required to track his vehicles and get out of the airport and provide time, geographical location, identification, trip identifier, transaction type, driver -based unique identifier, and a vehicle license.
The agreement prohibits the use of autonomous vehicles to transfer Vemo to commercial goods. Vimo Closed your self -driving truck program in 2023And since then the company has doubled efforts to shuttle people – no package. However, the language protects against the future application of commercial delivery, which has raised concerns International brotherhood of tamters.
The ban was sufficient to receive the blessings of Peter Art, Vice President of the Tamusters Western Region.
“We would like to thank Mayor Lauri in bringing the parties together and SFO Director Mike Nicorekate to create a template for the implementation of the new technology that keeps in mind the impact on safety, jobs and community,” Art said in a statement.
Vemo promoted the efforts More than a year before To access the pickups and drop -offs in the SFO, according to the emails viewed by the Tech Crunch.
The approval process is long and it requires separate approval from the San Francisco Airport Commission. SFO spokesman Doug Yelle told Tech Crunch last year that technically, the permit could be issued at the airport discretion.
However, it is expected that SFO officials were filming the process when Uber and Left tried to access the first time more than a decade ago. For now, Vimo has a temporary access contract to make SFO airport roadways map. Vemo will eventually require a ground transport permit to work in the SFO, which is pending.