The original robobus, the EZ10 by Easymile. |
Germany's state-owned rail company Deutsche Bahn is testing the EZ10 by French company EasyMile.
The Toulouse-based group launched their electric people mover at the 2014 Paris Motorshow.
The 12-person autonomous little bus seats six and has no steering input other than by satelite. The logic of a driverless little shuttle has since been widely implemented, and one could argue, continues in the self-sterring Einride truck. (below)
Einride's robotruck. |
In Germany, this future is nigh, as 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.