<story><title>Driverless, Electric Shuttles Now Operating in Lyon, France</title><url>http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/plugged-in/driverless-electric-shuttles-now-operating-in-lyon-france/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>Animats</author><text>Navya found a buyer! They&amp;#x27;ve been showing off their technology since CES 2014. Here&amp;#x27;s their demo video.[1]&lt;p&gt;There are a lot of these little things available. There&amp;#x27;s Easymile.[2] Theirs is so slow they have to show double-speed video.  There&amp;#x27;s Olli, from Local Motors.[3] It&amp;#x27;s 3D printed and has a hipster website, but there are no installations. Even Ycombinator has one, Auro.[4]&lt;p&gt;Most of these things underperform a golf cart. They&amp;#x27;re all in the &amp;quot;when in doubt, slam on the brakes&amp;quot; speed range for non-belted passengers.  This is in some ways a harder problem than driverless cars, where the passengers are belted in and can survive at least a 35MPH collision.&lt;p&gt;Maybe the solution to this is to provide seat belts, and limit speed to 5-6MPH until everyone is belted in. This will encourage people to buckle up, especially with a bit of nagging.&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;navya.tech&amp;#x2F;?lang=en&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;navya.tech&amp;#x2F;?lang=en&lt;/a&gt; 
[2] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;vimeo.com&amp;#x2F;137217228&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;vimeo.com&amp;#x2F;137217228&lt;/a&gt; 
[3] &lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;meetolli.auto&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;meetolli.auto&lt;/a&gt;
[4] &lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.aurobots.com&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.aurobots.com&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>Driverless, Electric Shuttles Now Operating in Lyon, France</title><url>http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/plugged-in/driverless-electric-shuttles-now-operating-in-lyon-france/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>heinrichf</author><text>The same vehicles are actually being tested in Switzerland by the Post:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.postauto.ch&amp;#x2F;smartshuttle&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.postauto.ch&amp;#x2F;smartshuttle&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.post.ch&amp;#x2F;en&amp;#x2F;about-us&amp;#x2F;company&amp;#x2F;media&amp;#x2F;press-releases&amp;#x2F;2016&amp;#x2F;start-of-public-testing-of-autonomous-shuttles&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.post.ch&amp;#x2F;en&amp;#x2F;about-us&amp;#x2F;company&amp;#x2F;media&amp;#x2F;press-releases...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.post.ch&amp;#x2F;en&amp;#x2F;about-us&amp;#x2F;company&amp;#x2F;media&amp;#x2F;press-releases&amp;#x2F;2016&amp;#x2F;start-of-public-testing-of-autonomous-shuttles#3E6F400CE78A4C8886C50AFC8351D490_collapsible&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.post.ch&amp;#x2F;en&amp;#x2F;about-us&amp;#x2F;company&amp;#x2F;media&amp;#x2F;press-releases...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately, it seems they just shut them down after a minor incident.</text></comment>