UAE Business: UAE’s first driverless autonomous vehicle launched – Gulf Digital News

UAE Business: UAE’s first driverless autonomous vehicle launched – Gulf Digital News

Khalifa University autonomous vehicle (AV), the UAE’s first driverless, autonomous 12-seater shuttle that will transport students and staff around the Sas Al Nakhl Campus has been launched.

 

Khalifa University has thus become the first university in the UAE to deploy an AV on campus that can also run in ‘real environment’ off campus, bringing smart sustainable mobility to the community and contributing to the UAE’s sustainable development initiatives, a WAM report said.

 

The 100% electric shuttle is one of the first-ever autonomous vehicles to be deployed in the UAE in a ‘mixed traffic mode’, as it can drive on the road with other cars. 

 

The environment-friendly shared transportation solution will also provide a research and development platform to faculty and researchers at the Khalifa University Centre for Robotics and Autonomous Systems (KU-CARS), to investigate autonomous driving in challenging scenarios.

 

Sheikh Hamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Member of the Executive Council of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Khalifa University of Science and Technology, witnessed the launch of the Khalifa University AV. 

 

He also attended the signing of an AED170-million ($46.28 million) operating agreement for the Emirates ICT Innovation Centre (Ebtic) by the three founders Khalifa University, Etisalat, and