Models
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Overview
MOIA is the Volkswagen Group's brand for autonomous mobility solutions, headquartered in Hamburg, Germany. Founded in 2017, the company develops a turnkey end-to-end autonomous ridepooling platform integrating purpose-built electric vehicles (the ID. Buzz AD), autonomous driving technology from Mobileye, and ridepooling software. MOIA operates Europe's largest all-electric ridepooling service and is expanding autonomous operations to Hamburg, Berlin, and Los Angeles via a partnership with Uber.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
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Key facts
CEO
Parent company
CFO
Previous CEO
Key partnership
ALIKE project
US expansion
Data & sources
Press releases
2
Web sources
1
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Models (1)
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Where MOIA's robots are verified operating. Explore the deployment map by place and type.
Relationships
Current leadership (4)
- Sascha Meyer CEO
- Torben Menke CFO
- Christian Senger CEO Volkswagen Autonomous Mobility
- Paul DeLong President of Commercialization, MOIA America
Former / Previously (1)
- Robert Henrich Former CEO (2019-2022)
Safety record
No incidents on record for MOIA.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Recent coverage
MOIA in third-party press
Peer companies
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- mature
- Counterparty risk class
- low
Each numeric field carries its own basis marker. Aggregators report a number; this surface preserves the source class so verification depth travels with the value.
Partnerships (2)
- MOIA x Uber with Uberdeployment
- MOIA x Mobileye with Mobileyetechnology
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJun 11, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedApr 8, 2026
ID. Buzz AD at Los Angeles, California, USA
Sources (3)
- ALIKE Project: Autonomous Ridepooling for Hamburg · https://www.moia.io/en/alike
- MOIA | Volkswagen Group · https://www.volkswagen-group.com/en/moia-16058
- Change of leadership at MOIA: Sascha Meyer succeeds Robert Henrich · https://www.moia.io/en/news-old/change-of-leadership-at-moia-sascha-meyer-succeeds-robert-henrich
Common questions
- What is MOIA?
- MOIA is the Volkswagen Group's brand for autonomous mobility solutions, headquartered in Hamburg, Germany. Founded in 2017, the company develops a turnkey end-to-end autonomous ridepooling platform integrating purpose-built electric vehicles (the ID. Buzz AD), autonomous driving technology from Mobileye, and ridepooling software. MOIA operates Europe's largest all-electric ridepooling service and is expanding autonomous operations to Hamburg, Berlin, and Los Angeles via a partnership with Uber.
- What does MOIA make?
- MOIA has 1 robot model on the DEPLOY registry: ID. Buzz AD (MOIA builds both physical robots and the AI that runs them).
- Who competes with MOIA?
- On the DEPLOY registry, peer companies to MOIA building in the same form factors include Tesla, Aurora Innovation, Nuro, Waymo.
- Who is the CEO of MOIA?
- Sascha Meyer is the ceo of MOIA, per the DEPLOY registry.
- Where does MOIA operate robots?
- MOIA is a robot manufacturer and does not directly operate deployments on the DEPLOY registry. Its products are deployed by customer operators; see the company page for the verified deployment record.
- Is MOIA a top robotics company?
- On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, funding, hiring, media, safety, and IP signals, MOIA ranks in roughly the top 79% of companies tracked by the registry.
- When was MOIA founded?
- MOIA was founded in 2017.
- Is MOIA safe?
- MOIA has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.
Methodology: Verified · 3 sources (2 primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-09
Verification posture
Verified
High confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-07-09
Sources by quality tier
- 2
- primary-company-ir
- Company IR disclosure
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for MOIA.In the press
Recent coverage mentioning MOIA from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
EXPO NEWS: MOIA makes the case for a new mobility era
The afternoon session of the conference on the first day at Autonomous Vehicle Tech Expo began with an update from Sophie Pohlmann, head of portfolio management at MOIA, which…
MOIA America to deploy autonomous ID. Buzz vehicles on the Uber platform in Los Angeles by the end of 2026
MOIA America and Uber begin on-road validation testing of autonomous ID. Buzz vehicles in Los Angeles, planning to scale to over 100 vehicles with human operators before…
Here We Go! Autonomous Shuttles for Berlin
MOIA announces autonomous shuttle service for Berlin, with test drives including passengers planned for the first half of 2026, supported by the Federal Ministry of Transport.
Federal government and Hamburg put autonomous ridepooling project on the road
German Federal Ministry of Transport funds €26M ALIKE project in Hamburg with MOIA, HOCHBAHN, HOLON, and VW Commercial Vehicles to deploy up to 20 autonomous shuttles by 2025.
Change of leadership at MOIA: Sascha Meyer succeeds Robert Henrich
MOIA announces CEO transition from Robert Henrich to former CPO Sascha Meyer, who has led product and autonomous driving strategy since 2017.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/moia.md
- RSS feed: /companies/moia/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/abf94a66-2ccc-4dc4-93c5-25712fc6f535
- Revision history: /companies/moia/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Reality vs attention
MOIA draws attention at the 5th percentile but verifies reality at the 18th percentile among AVs. Hype Gap -13.3, 18th widest among AVs.
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 1 verified deployment. Limited public visibility and press coverage relative to peers.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Jul 19, 2026