PUBLIC DEBUT FOR AUTONOMOUS BUS

摘要

The UK's first full-sized autonomous bus gave its first public demonstration at the National Exhibition Centre in October 2019 for visitors to the Coach & Bus UK show. Members of the public travelled on an 11.5m Alexander Dennis bus as it manoeuvred around part of the NEC car park. The demonstration replicated work done by Fusion Processing, Alexander Dennis and bus operator Stagecoach earlier in the year to demonstrate buses navigating autonomously around a depot. Fusion Processing chief executive Jim Hutchinson said: "Every night there is a big operation at a depot to wash, fuel and park the buses ready for the next day. By automating this it can be made more efficient."