Singapore is about to trial full-size driverless buses


  • TECH
  • Tuesday, 05 Mar 2019

Nanyang Technological University (NTU) Singapore and Volvo Buses unveil their first full size autonomous electric bus in Singapore March 5, 2019. REUTERS/Edgar Su

Volvo AB is ready to start trialling full-sized driverless buses in Singapore, helping the city state take a step forward in the race to deploy autonomous public transport. 

The electric buses, with a capacity close to 80 passengers, will soon begin driving at the campus of Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, before trials are extended to public roads, the Swedish company and its partners said Tuesday. 

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