Dutch test first self-drive minibuses


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  • Friday, 29 Jan 2016

epa05131906 Passengers sit inside a WEpod - a self-propelled, driverless vehicle - during a first test drive in Wageningen, The Netherlands, 28 January 2016. The vehicle which the WEpods company technically equipped with cameras, laser, radar and GPS to detect and interpret the surroundings and guarantee safe driving according to WEPods 'will be circulating between Ede-Wageningen railway station and Wageningen University & Research centre (WUR), as well as on the WUR campus.' EPA/ROBIN VAN LONKHUIJSEN

THE HAGUE: The Netherlands started test-driving its first driverless minibuses on Jan 28, hoping to introduce a full-time autonomous passenger service in a central Dutch province by summer. 

Dutch Infrastructure Minister Melanie Schultz van Haegen took the first ride in a so-called “WEpod” shuttle, designed to carry six people without a driver between the towns of Wageningen and Ede in the Gelderland province. 

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