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Great interest in testing self-driving buses

Tuesday, May 3, 2016

Over 3000 people took the opportunity to ride the self-driving buses during the Kista Mobility Week on April 25-29, hosted by Ericsson, Nobina Technology och Kista Science City.

Highlights from the week

  • The first Swedish demo with self-driving buses. A world’s first with connecting them to Ericsson’s 5G network.
  • The major of Stockholm and the Infrastructure minister of Sweden took a ride on the busses – and were very interested in the concept.
  • Around 3300 people have taken a test ride with the self-driving buses during the week. The most common question among the passengers was: "When will the buses be back?". Another observation was how remarkably quickly the passengers were comfortable with the self-driving bus, without steering wheel or a driver.