Autonomous Vehicle News
SINGAPORE: Singapore has been laying the ground for self-driving vehicles for close to 10 years, since two driverless buggies were taken out for a spin in the gardens at Jurong Lake in 2014. One vehicle has passed LTA’s Milestone 2 test, allowing trials to be conducted on public roads including residential areas with a safety driver. MooBus, deployed by homegrown company MooVita, began driverless bus services between King Albert Park station and Ngee Ann Polytechnic recently. Interestingly, Singapore was listed as the number one country in terms of “AV readiness” by financial services giant KPMG in 2020. Among the 30 countries in the study, Singapore topped the chart above AV heavyweights the United States (4th) and China (20th) primarily for its strengths in the categories of “policy and legislation” and “consumer acceptance”.