"Crijn Bouman, the CEO and cofounder of Rocsys, did the math on that. "Both in China and the US, it's roughly 1:12 to 1:14 ratio of head count versus vehicles in a depot," Bouman told Business Insider in an interview. "It's crazy." Robotaxis aim to take the human out of the driver's seat, but there's another less-glamorous side of the driverless business that Bouman says should be automated: charging and maintaining the vehicles."
""The operations are a completely overlooked area, which, if you don't get it right, breaks the business case," the CEO said. Rocsys, co-founded in 2019, aims to turn every charging port into a robocharger by essentially adding a robotic arm and software on top of the existing infrastructure. The goal, Bouman said, is to replace humans in a process he views as wholly inefficient and unprepared for the mass adoption of robotaxis."
Robotaxi depots currently require roughly one human per 12–14 vehicles in China and the US to handle charging and maintenance, creating significant labor costs. Manual plugging and depot operations present an overlooked operational bottleneck that can break robotaxi economics if not addressed. Rocsys, founded in 2019, retrofits existing charging infrastructure with robotic arms and software to automate charging ports and routine maintenance. Automating depot operations aims to eliminate inefficient human tasks, increase charging throughput and reliability, and enable scalable, cost-effective mass deployment of robotaxi fleets.
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