Dutch test first ever driverless bus WePod

An electric, driverless shuttle bus has taken to the Dutch public roads, rolling six passengers along a 200 metre stretch of road in the first trial of its kind worldwide.

The WePod, one of a fleet to be rolled out in coming years, will ride back and forth in the central Dutch agricultural town of Wageningen.

At 8 kilometres (5 miles) per hour, it’s not going to set a speed record, “but an unmanned vehicle has never been used on public roads,” the project’s technical director, Jan Willem van der Wiel, said.