Northern Irish consortium awarded grant to develop autonomous buses
Ballymena-based Wrightbus and Queen’s University are members of a consortium which has won funding to help develop autonomous buses. The grant is part of a government scheme which has awarded grants of up to £250,000 to self-driving feasibility studies, reports the BBC. Other projects include studies into autonomous freight vehicles and driverless shuttle operations across […]
CAVForth: A driving force for safety
While self-driving cars and services are already operating in cities across the US and China, Scotland is believed to be the first country to launch autonomous buses to the public. The fleet of five full-sized buses, which each have a safety driver onboard, can carry up to 10,000 passengers per week on the 14-mile route […]