Taiwan has the first unmanned bus in the world

Convenient, economical and efficient, unmanned buses are opening up hope for public passenger transport in Taiwan and in the future will be many other cities around the world.

Painted bright and quietly running under the trees, the EZ10 bus travels across the campus of the National Taiwan University.

This electric car has a speed of just over 9km / h and can carry up to 12 passengers, but especially it is the first self-driving bus in Taiwan, and also the first self-driving bus in Asia, Brings the hope of automating the city's public passenger transport industry next year.

The self-steering bus model has been tested since May. Martin Ting, director of 7StarLake, the company responsible for running the bus, said in an interview, "The cars like the EZ10 are great for closed campuses (universities, large companies) and tours. fixed around the city.

Taiwan is a city with ideal conditions for buses such as the EZ10 with a population of 23.5 million, 150 universities and colleges, more than 100 industrial parks and 15 large parks. At the end of August, the EZ10 also opened more night routes and routes to the outskirts of Taipei.

EZ10 is a product of EasyMile, a French company, equipped with GPS, 8 laser sensors, 2 front and rear cameras for $ 550,000 each. 7StarLake intends to import three more in the next year and start producing its own EasyMile license by the end of 2018.