I was googling autonomous buses and I came across this entry from the Volvobuses website about the worlds first full sized autonomous bus
https://www.volvobuses.com.au/en-au/new ... c-bus.html
Volvo autonomous bus
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Re: Volvo autonomous bus
Volvo has always been the safest cars and buses are the same
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for anyone wanting to see it in action, here is a video of the electric Volvo 7900 operating on a short demo loop in Singapore.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7NQFRESZAE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7NQFRESZAE
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Re: Volvo autonomous bus
What a nicely quarantined environment. Wait till it gets out in the street where pedestrians and drivers work out that they can get priority over it simply by passing in front of it. Then it'll be spending all its time stuck in one spot.
Re: Volvo autonomous bus
I saw a video on driverless semitrailers in America and while this would be good for drivers to sleep between cities, some drivers may feel threatened by loss of jobs and may do the same Tony.
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Re: Volvo autonomous bus
The Singapore one is intended to be trialed on public roads in its second phase, though no timeline has been stated AFAIK.
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When do you think we’ll being home seeing these bad boys on the road doing revenue route service?
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may have sensors but still plenty of problems. The autonomous buses on trial in Adelaide can verify this. Mexican standoff with a crow, cyclists not keeping clear of the bus, cutting corners and onto lawn in Glenelg, failing to turn into bus bay at Tonsley Innovation Centre Open Day with panel damage