Photo: NayvaAFP · 2 Sep 2016, 16:28Published: 02 Sep 2016 16:28 GMT+02:00Driverless minibuses will begin taking passengers in the eastern French city of Lyon at the weekend in a year-long experiment that officials are calling a "world first". The initial route in the heart of the city will last 10 minutes and include five stops. Manufactured by the French firm Navya and costing €200,000 ($225,000) apiece, a prototype was tested in 2013. The minibuses have already been tested in other French cities as well as in Sion, Switzerland, but without carrying passengers. Driverless electric minibuses made by other companies have also been tested in the western French city of La Rochelle as part of a European experiment.

Source: The Local September 02, 2016 14:15 UTC