Autonomous Vehicles

“We see the future in transportation systems like this.”

We take a break from our regularly scheduled program to talk to a few different people about a topic that has the industry buzzing with anticipation… Autonomous Vehicles. In this episode, Paul chats with Alexander Schulze (AmoTech), Marcel Seelhofer (the COO of VBSH in Schaffhausen), and Peter Schneck the man who started the project to get the first autonomous shuttle running in regular transit service. They discuss the challenge of licensing an autonomous vehicle so it can actually run on the road, how they project autonomous vehicles to be the solution to the first- and last-mile challenges the industry faces, and how technology providers, transit operators, and local authorities need to work together to make autonomous vehicles successful. We hope you enjoy this special episode. 

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