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12-04-2017, 03:14 PM
Self-driving buses are being tested in China and they're the largest of their kind yet
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A small fleet of self-driving public buses has started (http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/motoring/2017-12/02/content_35171485.htm) running on the roads of China's tech district of Shenzhen, Guangdong.
The four buses are currently on trial, and will run over three stops on a public road about 1.2 km (0.75 mi) long.
But where typical self-driving bus projects involve smaller shuttle capsules, the four buses are nearly full-sized buses, able to carry up to 19 passengers (http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2017-12/04/content_35190702.htm).
SEE ALSO: Your next taxi driver might be a robot (http://mashable.com/2017/11/16/navya-and-waymo-bring-autonomous-taxi-to-usa-robots-take-more-human-jobs/)
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Pretty roomy.
Image: VCG via Getty Images
Other recent autonomous shuttles around the world have typically looked more like this:
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A self-driving bus in Paris, produced by Easymile.
Image: AFP/Getty Images Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/12/04/self-driving-bus-china/)
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A small fleet of self-driving public buses has started (http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/motoring/2017-12/02/content_35171485.htm) running on the roads of China's tech district of Shenzhen, Guangdong.
The four buses are currently on trial, and will run over three stops on a public road about 1.2 km (0.75 mi) long.
But where typical self-driving bus projects involve smaller shuttle capsules, the four buses are nearly full-sized buses, able to carry up to 19 passengers (http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2017-12/04/content_35190702.htm).
SEE ALSO: Your next taxi driver might be a robot (http://mashable.com/2017/11/16/navya-and-waymo-bring-autonomous-taxi-to-usa-robots-take-more-human-jobs/)
https://i.amz.mshcdn.com/20M1v_D1qEcOeo8m36V_K6w-fvs=/fit-in/575x4096/https%3A%2F%2Fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fcard%2Fima ge%2F667306%2Fa689affd-e1d0-4f16-ba2e-2af8f80ba856.jpg
Pretty roomy.
Image: VCG via Getty Images
Other recent autonomous shuttles around the world have typically looked more like this:
https://i.amz.mshcdn.com/4oKFVO4ba_84WkbUwkCYrdW1TjA=/fit-in/575x4096/https%3A%2F%2Fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fcard%2Fima ge%2F667300%2F027ac3f2-cff7-48c9-908a-81ad1ec0241e.jpg
A self-driving bus in Paris, produced by Easymile.
Image: AFP/Getty Images Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/12/04/self-driving-bus-china/)
More about China (http://mashable.com/category/china/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Bus (http://mashable.com/category/bus/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Evs (http://mashable.com/category/evs/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Autonomous Vehicles (http://mashable.com/category/autonomous-vehicles/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Shenzhen (http://mashable.com/category/shenzhen/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/vKs6S9XYHiU