Volvo Says More Than A Decade Before Driverless Buses Take Over
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Bus drivers will be needed for at least another 10 to 15 years before autonomous vehicles take over, a Volvo AB executive predicted, tampering expectations for how soon driverless technology will transform public transportation.
Already before the transition happens, transport companies can boost efficiency with autonomous technologies that make it easier to, for example, operate buses at depot areas, Akash Passey, a senior vice president at the Swedish maker of buses and trucks, said at Bloomberg’s Sooner Than You Think technology conference in Singapore Thursday. The technology can also be used to improve safety, he said.