Self-driving electric buses are here, and they’re cruising round Málaga
Singapore
In March 2019, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) and Volvo Buses launched the ‘world’s first’full-sizedelectric autonomous bus trials, and last month Singapore’s first commercial driverless bus service was announced.
The service will cover two routes at Singapore Science Park 2 and Jurong Island over a three-month pilot, during which time data will be collected to assess the viability of the on-demand service as well as passenger safety and service reliability.
Singapore has been a key testbed in the development of driverless technology over the past five years.
In 2016, US software firm nuTonomy (later acquired by Aptiv and Hyundai Motor Group) launched the world’s first driverless taxi trials in the city-state.
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