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CITY OF RIVERSIDE AND OHMIO, INC.
AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE CONCEPTUAL
FRAMEWORK AND PROPOSAL
COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
Economic Development, Placemaking and
Branding/Marketing Committee
AUGUST 17, 2023
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2 CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITY
• Proposal from Ohmio, Inc. to locate:
– International Headquarters
– Manufacturing Facility (1st in US)
– Research and Development Center
– Point of Sale
• City Lease of Autonomous Suttles
o 3 Shuttles
o Two-year lease - $1.5M
o $2.25M all-in
Ohmio LIFT Autonomous Shuttle
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3 HMI TECHNOLOGIES AND OHMIO, INC.
HMI TECHNOLOGIES
• Ohmio’s parent company
• Global leader in Transport
Systems
o Variable message signs
o Speed activated signs
o Motorway signaling
• +20 years in operation
• Global presence
OHMIO, INC.
• Established in 2016
• Headquartered in New Zealand
o Offices in Florida, Luxembourg
and UK
• Growing demand in U.S.
o U.S. built autonomous shuttles
o Ontario Intl. Airport Finalist
• Global operation:
o New Zealand & Australia
o South Korea
o Netherlands & United Kingdom
o Finland
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4 DEMONSTRATION AND DEPLOYMENT
Sejong Trial Demonstration & Depolyment
Ohmio Platooning at JFK Airport
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5 IMPACT
1. Local Manufacturing
2. Jobs
3. Supply Chain
4. Research and
Development
5. International
Headquarters
6. Point of Sale
7. Adaptive Reuse
8. Sustainable
9. Brand
10.Deployment
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6 ADVANTAGES
• Capitalizes on synergetic relationship with UCR
and CARB
• Creates high-tech paying jobs and career
pathways in cleantech
• Potential to become a large sales tax generator
• Industry growth repurposes warehousing and
reduces pollution, commuting and traffic
congestion
• Highlights City of Riverside as the innovation hub
• Draw talent and investment to Riverside given
the forward thinking all-electric autonomous
vehicle manufacturing and deployment
INNOVATION & ECONOMIC BENEFITS
Ohmio HOP Autonmous Shuttle
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7 Strategic Priority 3 - Economic Opportunity
Strategic Priority 4 – Environmental Stewardship
Strategic Priority 6 – Infrastructure, Mobility and Connectivity Cross-Cutting Threads
STRATEGIC PLAN ALIGNMENT
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8 That the Economic Development, Pla cemaking, and Branding/Marketing Committee:
1. Receive and review the Conceptual Framework Proposal;
2. Recommend approval of the Concept ual Framework Proposal to the City Council;
3. Recommend to the City Council that staff prepare an agreement per the parameters of the Proposal;
4. Recommend that the City Council approve , by at least five votes, a supplemental appropriation in an a mount not to exceed $2.25 million inclusive of a $1.5 million capital lease for three all-electric autonomous shuttles, “safety drivers” not to exc eed $400,000 and related costs like maintenance/repair, electricity, and insurance.
5. Recommend to the City Council the au thorization of the City Manager to negotiate and execute the agreement per the Proposal.
RECOMMENDATIONS
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