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 by Staff Writers Bad Birnbach, Germany (AFP) Oct 25, 2017
German state-owned rail company Deutsche Bahn unveiled its first-ever driverless bus Wednesday, saying the shuttle will bring passengers through a picturesque spa town to the train station. The test route for the self-driving machine is in Bad Birnbach, set in the rolling hills of the southeastern state Bavaria not far from the Czech and Austrian borders. Made by French startup EasyMile, the 12-person bus will offer free rides on an eight-minute route linking the baths, the town centre and the station, Deutsche Bahn (DB) said in a statement. "We've just driven autonomously into a new era of transport," DB boss Richard Lutz, who rode along on the first trip, said in a statement. The rail operator has launched a subsidiary dubbed Ioki to test future modes of transport, focussing especially on electric-powered mobility. From 2018, the new buses will operate on test routes in several German towns, including the country's second-largest city Hamburg. DB hopes that in the future they will operate like a private car service, picking up passengers from home on demand and bringing them to the station -- picking up others with the same destination along the way. Across the Americas, Asia and Europe, a number of cities -- including Paris, Lyon, Las Vegas and Dubai -- are already experimenting on a small scale with autonomous vehicles complementing public transport systems.
Singapore to freeze number of cars on its roadsSingapore (AFP) Oct 24, 2017 Singapore, one of the most expensive places in the world to buy a vehicle, has announced it will freeze the number of private cars on its roads from next year but vowed to expand public transport. The growth cap for all passenger cars and motorcycles will be cut from 0.25 percent a year to zero with effect from February, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) said. The affluent city-state of ... read more Related Links Car Technology at SpaceMart.com
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