Volvo and a Singapore university unveiled a driverless electric bus Tuesday that will soon undergo tests in the city-state.

 

沃尔沃与新加坡某大学周二联合发布一款无人驾驶电动客车，该客车不久将进行测试。
 

 

High-tech¹ Singapore has become a testbed for self-driving technology and the world's first driverless taxis went into operation in a limited public trial in the country in 2016.

 

Swedish automaker Volvo Buses and its local partner Nanyang Technological² University (NTU) unveiled what they described as a full-size autonomous³ electric bus and said the vehicle would soon start trial runs in the university's sprawling⁴ campus.

 

Data from the trials will be used to improve the technology before the driverless buses are put to the test on public roads, Volvo and NTU said in a statement.

 

Volvo Buses president Hakan Agnevall said the vehicle was "an important step towards our vision for a cleaner, safer and smarter city".

 

The vehicle is 12 metres (39 feet) long with a full capacity of close to 80 passengers.

 

It uses 80 percent less energy than a diesel⁵ bus of a similar size and is equipped with sensors⁶ and navigation controls managed by an artificial intelligence system, the statement said.

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