The first electric mini-bus with the autopilot you can already pre-order from the French company NAVYA that without the noise, dust and unnecessary movements announced the beginning of sales of their offspring.
Van ARMA stuffed with lidar, motion sensors, GPS and cameras, thanks to all this it feels great on the road, distinguishing the other cars, trees and road signs pedestrians. It does not go as fast as I would like, but it can already be used as a leisurely miniature space Shuttle or even a taxi.
Bus ARMA already shared with employees of the French nuclear power plants, bringing the destination up to fifteen passengers at a time.
The authors say that ARMA is much more economical than their diesel counterparts, because maintenance of this electric bus is cheaper, electricity also is cheaper than gasoline or diesel fuel, and the driver hire is not necessary — he goes.
Prices on the e-bus developers are not known, but the claim that it will be useful not only to employees of the plant, but generally to everyone. The press service informs NAVYA that the Assembly of the buses will begin in the near future, and shipment to customers will begin in the third quarter of this year.
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Vyacheslav Larionov