ITALY: The city of Torino has started trials for its first self-driving shuttle programme.
The trial will last for four months and will provide transport services within the United Nations International Training Center’s ILO campus in the city.
The Olli electric vehicles are supplied by Arizona-based Local Motors, which 3D prints 80% of the shuttle’s parts. The cars can carry up to 12 passengers at 25 km/h and have a range of up to 50 km on a single charge.
USA: The US Ignite smart city accelerator has selected First Transit and Perrone Robotics to provide autonomous shuttles for a Smart Transportation Testbed project at the Fort Carson army base in Colorado. The $4m project is being funded and managed by the US Army Engineer Research & ...
ITALY: ‘This is great news that bring us into the future’, said GTT Chief Executive Giovanni Foti, announcing that the Torino city transport operator had finalised a framework agreement for Hitachi Rail to supply up to 70 trams, with a firm order for an initial 30 vehicles. ...
BRAZIL: Latin America’s on-demand shuttle ride service completed a year of operation on February 18, having carried 80 000 passengers. The CityBus 2.0 project launched in Goiás’ state capital Goiânia in February 2019 with 15 minibuses covering 11 neighbourhoods, before expanding to a fleet of 40 vehicles ...
