World’s first driverless bus service in Lyon, France

Q.  World’s first driverless bus service was started in which part of France?
- Published on 13 Sep 16

a. Toulouse
b. Lyon
c. Marseilles
d. Paris

ANSWER: Lyon
 
World’s first driverless bus service in Lyon, FranceWorld’s first driverless bus service began carrying passengers in the first week of September 2016 in Lyon France
  • Two electric minibuses at speed of 10 km per hour were used
  • Buses include features like LIDAR radar technology and motion sensors to help avoid collisions
  • Equipped with a range of detectors which help to track location, these can hold up to 15 passengers
  • Bus is designed by French company Navya and electric busses were tested in several French cities and Switzerland before coming to Lyon
  • LIDAR is a surveying technology that measures distance by illuminating a target with a laser light
  • It’s an acronym of Light Detection and Ranging.
  • It was created as a portmanteau of light and radar
  • The technology is used to make high resolution maps applied in geography, geology, geomatics. archaeology and other topics

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