Robo-Cars are coming, but probably not like as you expected.

Autonomous vehicle technology is moving into areas like shared taxis, goods delivery and space economy. Unlike some predictions about an AV in every garage, experts say the near-term looks quite different.

Autonomous vehicle technology companies like Mobileye are aiming to launch “robo-taxis” in the coming years, while similar companies are exploring goods movement and other uses for vehicles without onboard operators.

“Currently, we are looking at multiple cities around the world where we are going to start operating a production service of robo-taxis in 2022,” said Nir Erez, founder and CEO of Moovit, an Israeli mobility-as-a-service (MaaS) provider and trip-planning app.

Intel Corporation, which includes Mobileye as a subsidiary, recently acquired Moovit for $900 million. The venture places the MaaS expertise of Moovit firmly within the autonomous leader Mobileye.

“It is going to be a gradual process of a few dozen, or maybe a few hundred of vehicles roaming in a gradual way,” said Erez, speaking last Wednesday with CoMotion CEO John Rossant during the CoMotion Miami conference.

Erez described the impending evolution of robo-taxis as gradual, starting with “a relatively small footprint" and developing and evolving in clearly defined corridors.

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