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Austin-Bergstrom airport debuts driverless shuttle pilot

Posted on Aug 7, 2019 in Buses, News

The Austin-Bergstrom International Airport announced the start of a driverless shuttle pilot program in an Aug. 2 news release. Now in a...

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New Flyer, Robotic Research plan to improve public transit using autonomous bus technology

Posted on Aug 6, 2019 in Buses, Technology

New Flyer of America Inc., a subsidiary of NFI Group Inc., the largest bus manufacturer in North America, recently announced an exclusive...

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New York City’s first self-driving shuttle service is now open for business

Posted on Aug 6, 2019 in Buses, Cars

New Yorkers pride themselves on having seen it all, but if there’s one thing they have yet to set their grime-coated eyeballs on, it’s...

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Hamburg, Germany, has its first autonomous shuttle bus

Posted on Aug 1, 2019 in Buses, News

There are only be five stops along the 1.8-kilometre-long route in Hamburg’s Hafencity. Initially, the only passenger will be an attendant...

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Getting infrastructure ready for the rising generation of vehicles means rethinking from the ground up

Posted on Aug 1, 2019 in Buses, Cars, Perspective, Technology, Trucks

Fifty years ago, a bright, shiny spacecraft delivered humans to the moon for the first time. That breathtaking achievement captured the...

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Hamburg, Germany, has its first autonomous shuttle bus

Posted on Aug 1, 2019 in Buses, News

There are only be five stops along the 1.8-kilometre-long route in Hamburg’s Hafencity. Initially, the only passenger will be an attendant...

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Nobody at the wheel

Posted on Jul 25, 2019 in Buses, News

An autonomous bus is tested in Zhengzhou, capital of Central China’s Henan Province on Wednesday. The bus has been undergoing tests...

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Autonomous shuttle bus strikes pedestrian in Vienna

Posted on Jul 22, 2019 in Buses, News

An incident involving an autonomous bus striking a pedestrian in Vienna is currently being investigated by Austrian authorities. While the...

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Pedestrian collision puts Vienna’s driverless bus trial on hold

Posted on Jul 19, 2019 in Buses, News

A self-driving bus trial taking place in Vienna, Austria, has been paused after an incident occurred between a pedestrian and one of the...

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In a world of autonomous vehicles, this is why we’ll need more public transport than ever

Posted on Jul 19, 2019 in Buses, Perspective

The media is fascinated by autonomous vehicles (AVs), in particular their safety and when or if they will arrive en masse. A bigger and...

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Are autonomous vehicles farther away than we think?

Posted on Jul 18, 2019 in Buses, Cars, Perspective, Trucks

The last few years have been filled with countless predictions and hype around the future of autonomous vehicles (AVs), with billions of...

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Continental’s self-driving chief sees full autonomy taking time

Posted on Jul 16, 2019 in Buses, Cars, Perspective

The first fully autonomous vehicles able to handle all conditions on public roads — and potentially replacing private car ownership,...

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Self-driving shuttle crashed in Las Vegas because manual controls were locked away

Posted on Jul 11, 2019 in Buses, News

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has wrapped up a more than year-long investigation into a low-speed crash between a...

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Via partners with BusBot to launch autonomous bus trial in New South Wales

Posted on Jul 11, 2019 in Buses, News

Ride-sharing startup Via, not to be outdone by Uber and Lyft, is investing meaningfully in autonomous vehicles. To this end, it today...

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Where May Mobility’s self-driving shuttles might show up next

Posted on Jul 8, 2019 in Buses, Perspective

May Mobility  might be operating low-speed self-driving shuttles in three U.S. cities, but its founders don’t view this as just another...

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Bristol Airport tests driverless pods on shared roads

Posted on Jul 8, 2019 in Buses, News

The Capri project has secured £4.2m to run the pilot scheme as part of its overall aim to develop the technology. Previously, Capri has...

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Autonomous buses could follow DART’s Uber program

Posted on Jul 4, 2019 in Buses, News

(TNS) —  Dallas Area Rapid Transit has joined a national association of transit and transportation agencies to explore how autonomous...

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AVSimulation and ANSYS join hands for safe autonomous driving technology for automakers

Posted on Jun 26, 2019 in Buses, Cars, News, Technology, Trucks

AVSimulation and ANSYS have partnered to expediate the development of the safe autonomous driving technology for automakers. Under this...

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Fairfax County to experiment with driverless shuttle buses

Posted on Jun 25, 2019 in Buses, News

Commuters in Fairfax County will be able to take free self-driving shuttle buses between the Dunn Loring Metro station and the Mosaic...

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How to build a self-driving car: Forget about the car

Posted on Jun 24, 2019 in Buses, Cars, Perspective, Trucks

It is a foregone conclusion that the future belongs to self-driving cars. Now, Automakers around the world are faced with the question:...

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