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Las Vegas automated shuttle gets into accident within first hour
As far as debuts go, there have been more successful ones. During its first hour in service, an automated shuttle in Las Vegas got into an accident, perhaps fittingly the result of a flesh-and-blood human truck driver slowly driving into the unsuspecting robocar, according to a AAA PR representative on Twitter. Nobody was hurt and […]
Shuttle Down! Self-Driving-Shuttle Era Begins with a First-Day Crash in Las Vegas
– Within its first hours of operation in Las Vegas Wednesday, an autonomous shuttle bus that is part of a ballyhooed study of driverless vehicles on public roads was involved in a collision with a truck. No injuries were reported. – Details from the incident are still emerging. Members of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police […]
Letting It Ride: Las Vegas Puts U.S.’s First Fully Self-Driving Shuttle into Service
– Your first ride in an autonomous vehicle may not be in a car but a shuttle bus. Indeed, the first fully autonomous shuttle operating on public streets in the United States is set to start rolling in Las Vegas this week as part of a yearlong study. The electric bus, built by Navya, a French […]
Navya puts its self-driving shuttle tech in an autonomous taxi
Uber and Lyft have been racing to apply autonomous technology to their ridesharing platforms, but Navya might have beat them in the race for the first self-driving taxi. Today, the company announced its Autonom Cab vehicle, which is built to haul up to six people around cities without a driver. The Autonom Cab is essentially […]
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Daimler and Via to launch ride-sharing shuttle service in Europe
Minivans, while not the most exciting form of transportation, could have a role to play in society’s shift away from car ownership. Daimler, the company behind Mercedes-Benz, is teaming up with Via to launch a new ride-sharing service across Europe. Like UberPool, it will be an on-demand system that allows passengers to set their own […]
2 Hamptons locals started a free beach shuttle that has now given 1 million rides — and may solve a problem that even Uber can’t
The Free Ride Growing up in the Hamptons, Alex Esposito and James Mirras knew one thing to be true: The beach was great, but the parking sucked. Between the crowds and the permit-required parking lots, there was rarely an easy — or cheap — way to enjoy a summer day on the sand. In 2009, Esposito […]
Driverless Shuttle Buses Will Transport Students on Michigan Campus [Video]
– 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 […]
Lyft tests a new fixed-route ‘Shuttle’ service for commuters
Now that shared rides represent a sizable portion of Uber and Lyft’s business, both companies have been looking for new ways to expand their offerings while making the whole system more efficient and affordable at the same time. According to TechCrunch, Lyft is currently testing a new version of its shared Line rides called “Lyft […]
