driverless car in Dubai

According to Dubai’s Autonomous Transportation Strategy, smart self-driving transport will account for 25 per cent of all transportation trips in the emirate by 2030.

The smart, driverless vehicles are projected to generate economic revenues and savings of up to Dh22 billion a year.

So how would this system really work?

Dubai residents can now find out by riding aboard the prototype of a shared driverless vehicle, which is currently operating under the umbrella of the Roads and Transport Authority of Dubai (RTA) at the ongoing Mena Transport Congress and Exhibition that runs until Thursday.

The Easymile electric shuttle or the EZ10 vehicle currently in use by the RTA is not a car, which simply means no steering wheel, no front or rear side, and is able to transport up to 12 people at a time.

The vehicle is currently on a test run at the Dubai World Trade Centre.

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