Singapore to trial driverless buses booked with an app


  • TECH
  • Wednesday, 21 Aug 2019

An on-demand autonomous shuttle bus plying the road during the official launch of a public trial run at Sentosa island resort in Singapore on Aug 20. — AFP

SINGAPORE: Singapore will next week begin a public trial of driverless buses that can be booked with an app, part of ambitions to roll out autonomous vehicles across the city-state.

Well-organised and high-tech, Singapore has become a testbed for self-driving vehicles, developing home-grown technology and inviting foreign companies to trial their own.

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