Faction

Inactive

Driverless electric vehicles at a fraction of the cost of a car.

Winter 2021Founded 202025 peopleSouth San Francisco, CA, USA

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About

Faction Technology, Inc. is a leader in developing right-sized driverless vehicle fleets. As pioneers in supervised autonomous mobility, Faction is dedicated to creating innovative solutions that redefine the future of transportation. With a commitment to sustainability, safety, and technological excellence, Faction is driving the evolution of autonomous mobility for a smarter, more connected world. Learn more at www.faction.us.

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Faction provides a driverless vehicle platform for delivery and vehicle-on-demand, enabling lightweight autonomous EVs for various operations with cloud-based fleet management and app-based customer engagement. The offering focuses on rapid deployment, integration with existing order systems, and cost-efficient, carbon-neutral autonomous transport.

Faction offers driverless micro EVs with a cloud-based fleet management suite, customer portals and APIs that integrate with existing order management systems. The end-to-end solution includes driverless-enabled vehicles, real-time tracking, fleet management, and a mobile/app interface for customers to interact with the vehicle and track deliveries. The deployment roadmap includes assessment, pilot with safety drivers, system integration, gradual rollout, and scaling of electrification and driverless operations.

Who it’s for: Ride-share companies, delivery fleets, and organizations seeking last-mile delivery or on-demand vehicle solutions in controlled environments (e.g., airfields, grocery, fast food delivery, fleets).

Features

driverless-enabled vehicles
cloud-based fleet management
real-time tracking
customer engagement via app
API integrations with order management systems
electrified micro EVs
end-to-end deployment roadmap

Hiring/traction mentions implied by careers and partnerships (GoCar partnership) and deployment roadmap; indicates active development and customer adoption discussions.

Founders · 1

Ain McKendrickFounder

Netflix

Currently CEO at Faction Technology. Prior to founding Faction, Ain has focused on autonomous systems on everything from light electric vehicles to the first successful driverless semi trucks to run on public highways. Before getting in to the vehicle space, Ain spent a number of years in consumer electronics at Netflix, Dell, TiVo, and various startups. He began his career as one of the founders of Palm Computing developing the original PalmPilot handheld digital assistants.

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