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– Autonomous shuttles have made regular appearances at Mcity, the self-driving test track located at the University of Michigan. By the time students return to the Ann Arbor campus for the 2017 fall semester, such driverless buses will have become part of the university’s everyday transportation plan. – As part of a new focus on […]
Proterra Proterra is making serious moves to bring heavy-duty buses into the future. The electric bus manufacturer is launching an autonomous driving program with the Regional Transportation Commission of Washoe County — the body responsible for mass transit in the cities of Sparks and Reno, Nevada. Proterra said the pilot is aimed at developing the algorithms required to launch self-driving […]
Driving in India – where traffic laws are more like suggestions – can sometimes be a full contact sport. A recent viral video has ratcheted up the crazy: It shows two buses packed with passengers, locked in a strange and dangerous street race. According to NDTV, a motorcyclist in the southern Indian state of Tamil […]
Eyewitnesses to the bomb attack on a refugee convoy near Aleppo that killed dozens of children said the militants lured people out of the vehicles with snacks before the explosion, and also stopped them from escaping the blast site. A powerful explosion hit several buses full of people leaving militant-held towns and villages outside Aleppo […]
The US Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded Blue Bird with $ 4.4 million to develop an electric school bus with vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology. With a total of almost $ 9 million to work with through matching funds form other groups, Blue Bird will build a demonstration fleet of eight buses in California by 2019. […]
Enlarge / An electric school bus manufactured by Motiv. (credit: Motiv) School bus driver Jenifer Chiodo takes a moment to admire the orange-pink sunrise while she gets ready to spend the next few hours on the roads. Then she grabs her clipboard and jots down the date, her name, and the mileage on the odometer […]
Many cities around the world are now trying out autonomous shuttle buses offering members of the public short trips along predefined routes. Paris is the latest, using locally made “EZ10” electric buses with a top speed of 12 mph. The post Driverless buses arrive in Paris appeared first on Digital Trends. Cars–Digital Trends
