Faction is using technology from fellow Californian company Point One Navigation to bring centimetre-level accuracy to its self-driving micro-logistics and vehicle-on-demand transportation.

The aim is to bring right-sized driverless delivery and transportation to the mass market.

Faction’s DriveLink platform integrates Point One’s safe positioning technology with centimetre-level absolute accuracy, enabling trustworthy and efficient autonomous operations across the entire fleet. Faction is accelerating the commercial deployment of its B2B autonomous delivery service by leveraging three-wheel production electric vehicles that are purpose-built for driverless fleet services and supported by teleoperation.

Faction’s driverless technology platform addresses the rapidly growing demand for reliable, cost-effective and scalable last-kilometre enterprise delivery services and shared mobility. By combining autonomy with remote human supervision, Faction’s vehicle fleets are available for business delivery use and are not waiting for the development of 100% autonomous technology.

Point One’s precise location API is a full stack built on proprietary self-calibrating sensor fusion algorithms. Accurate and trustworthy positioning is a fundamental requirement for safe and effective operation across all areas of autonomous mobility and transportation.

Point One’s APIs and open-source protocols integrate data from existing sensors on the vehicle, reducing production cost and simplifying vehicle design. Driverless applications are further enabled by Point One’s corrections network, which provides dense coverage across the entire continental USA. The result is a system that can be quickly developed to navigate and operate safely with a high level of confidence, while also being flexible and scalable for volume production.

“Having evaluated a number of competing technologies, Point One’s technology is a standout both in terms of performance and cost for scalable driverless fleet needs,” said Faction CEO Ain McKendrick.

Aaron Nathan, CEO at Point One Navigation, added: “We are proud to be working with a partner such as Faction who is pioneering the commercialisation of driverless micro-logistics and mobility. The team at Faction is solving a real challenge, combining technical innovation with practical solutions for the quickly evolving moving world.”

Faction Technology is a Silicon Valley start-up that develops driverless technology based on light electric vehicles. Founded in February 2020, Faction is on a mission to revolutionise micro-logistics and vehicle-on-demand. Point One is headquartered in San Francisco.