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Singapore: Testing Driverless Electric Bus

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    Singapore: Testing Driverless Electric Bus

    Tests with one bus on the university campus could begin in a few weeks to months, before moving to public roads after regulatory approvals, NTU President Subra Suresh told reporters.

    He hoped the tests could be extended to public roads in a year. A second bus will undergo tests at a city bus depot.

    The 12-metre (39 ft) vehicle can carry up to 80 passengers and is the world’s first full-size, autonomous electric bus, Volvo and NTU said.
    https://www.reuters.com/article/us-s...-idUSKCN1QM0IN
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    Nice one, hope it goes well.

    Great to see electric is starting to gain traction


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    i am interested to see how they handle, e.g.
    - crowded bus, can't get up anymore, but students late for class refuse to step off the bus.
    - start/stop decision when streams of students keep coming in to hail the bus to stop.

    etc.. its not the driving that matters (which is generally proven to be doable by computers), but the non-driving part that would be interesting.. crowd/passenger management

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