May Mobility Timeline

Events

• 2026-09-03 - Demonstration - May Mobility and NTT Mobility start e-Palette public-road testing - The test operates around NTT Mobility's Co-Creation Hub in Musashino, Tokyo. NTT Mobility contributes communications, remote operations and in-cabin operating support. The partners plan additional Japanese demonstration sites this fiscal year; nationwide… - source: prtimes.jp
• 2026-08-12 - Contract Award - May Mobility joins Aichi-commissioned Nagoya autonomous-vehicle trial - The planned route links five stops including Nagoya Station, STATION Ai, Aichi Arts Center, IG Arena and the city science museum. The operating system will integrate on-demand dispatch and test vehicle control at intersections as part of work toward Level 4… - source: ntt.com
• 2026-06-29 - Executive Hire - May Mobility appoints Balajee Kannan to lead autonomy core engineering - Kannan oversees autonomy performance, integration, machine learning, perception, behavior, mapping and localization. He joined after leading autonomy, mapping, sensor and systems teams for a global Level 4 programme at Motional. His earlier robotics and… - source: maymobility.com
• 2026-06-24 - Partnership - May Mobility and CaoCao partner on international robotaxi commercialization - The companies will conduct joint feasibility studies, commercial exploration and pilot programmes beginning in selected European markets. CaoCao will contribute ride-hailing operations, fleet management, vehicle support and maintenance as fleet owner and… - source: maymobility.com
• 2026-05-20 - Product Launch - May Mobility launches fifth-generation AV architecture - The new system fuses deep learning, a predictive world model and May Mobility's reasoning engine into an on-vehicle architecture. May Mobility framed the architecture as a hybrid between modular AV stacks and pure end-to-end models, using reasoning to handle… - source: maymobility.com
• 2026-05-19 - Partnership - ECARX and May Mobility announce autonomous ride-hail fleet framework - The May 2026 framework targets a third-party vehicle platform for initial deployment starting in 2027 and commercialization scale-up in 2028. ECARX is expected to develop central computing platforms and a full sensor suite for May Mobility's next-generation… - source: maymobility.com
• 2026-02-01 - Deployment - May Mobility and MONET launch Toyota City AV pilot - MONET and May Mobility launched an autonomous driving pilot in Toyota City, Japan. The pilot used fixed-route and on-demand service patterns across about 10 miles of city routes. The deployment validated autonomous driving technology on busy streets for… - source: maymobility.com
• 2024-03-26 - Deployment - Deepen AI calibration suite is deployed across May Mobility's fleet workflows - May Mobility uses Deepen AI software and a custom in-house station to calibrate fleet sensors in minutes instead of hours. Calibration time fell by almost 80 percent compared with traditional methods. - source: deepen.ai
• 2023-12-18 - Deployment - May Mobility starts driverless rider service in Sun City - May Mobility launched its first driverless service for riders on public roads in Sun City, Arizona. The rider-only vehicles operated without an operator in the driver seat during weekday service. The launch used May Mobility’s MPDM autonomy stack in a… - source: maymobility.com
• 2023-11-08 - Commercial Order - May Mobility selects Aeva as long-range LiDAR supplier - The multi-year supply agreement included five-year volume commitments through 2028. Deliveries were scheduled to begin in 2023 with production ramping in 2025. - source: aeva.com
• 2023-11-07 - Funding - May Mobility raises $105M Series D led by NTT Group - May Mobility raised $105 million in Series D funding led by NTT Group to scale autonomous transit services. Toyota Ventures, Aioi Nissay Dowa Insurance, State Farm Ventures, BMW i Ventures and others participated. The capital supported commercialization of… - source: maymobility.com
• 2023-11-07 - Partnership - May Mobility and NTT partner on autonomous driving services in Japan - NTT gained exclusive Japan sales rights for May Mobility’s autonomous driving system. The collaboration followed May Mobility’s driverless autonomous operations in North America. The partnership connects the company to a named customer, supplier, platform or… - source: group.ntt
• 2023-04-25 - Deployment - May Mobility launches on-demand autonomous transit in Sun City - May Mobility is expanding its diverse service environments, ranging from the Northeast to the Midwest and the South, with its first deployment in the West. The service will be powered by Via , the global leader in TransitTech. - source: maymobility.com
• 2022-01-26 - Funding - May Mobility announces $83 million initial Series C close - Mirai Creation Fund II led the $83 million initial Series C close, with Tokio Marine and Toyota Tsusho joining as new investors. May Mobility said it had provided more than 300,000 revenue-generating rides and launched services in nine cities, including its… - source: maymobility.com