WEpod: the first-ever driverless shuttle to travel on public roads.
Made for transporting six passengers at a time, the shuttle—which has only been tested in private areas until now—will debut on a route between two towns in the Netherlands starting in November. Though various forms of automated public transport already exist in cities around the world, the Netherlands’ WEpod will be the first to drive in normal human traffic. Passengers can use an app to book rides on the shuttle, which is expected to expand from its initial one-line route to serve various other Dutch regions by next summer.
The vehicle will travel at a slow crawl of 25 kilometers (15 miles) per hour, and will not—at least for now—attempt to travel at night or in bad weather.
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