Abu Dhabi Just Revealed A Completely Driverless Shuttle Bus

The self-driving shuttle bus will run solely on electricity and requires no petrol – leaving a zero carbon footprint in the clean energy city designed to be environmentally friendly.

It will travel at speeds of up to 25 kilometers per hour while carrying up to 12 people at a time.

You can only find this electric shuttle up in Masdar City where it will operate a regular all day service.

Also, the Navya was able to design the shuttle bus to withstand the region’s extreme weather – extremely high heat and the humidity – while running solely on a battery.

It has also been tested to meet rigorous safety and health standards to make sure all passengers and pedestrians on or around the autonomous shuttle bus remain safe at all times – this is thanks to the various on-board cameras and sensors.

These precautionary safety elements create a 3D and 2D perception map for the shuttle bus to detect any obstacle in the way and their position to other vehicles.

Fully integrated with a GPS technology, residents in Masdar city in Abu Dhabi don’t have to worry about getting lost on the way, the driverless bus also uses these tracking technologies to communicate with traffic lights on the roads.