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  • World’s ‘first autonomous’ tram carries passengers in Germany

    World’s ‘first autonomous’ tram carries passengers in Germany

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    SIEMENS and Potsdam transport operator Verkehrsbetrieb Potsdam (ViP) have developed what they claim is the world’s first autonomous driverless tram. The tram carried its first passengers in a media demonstration run on September 18, timed to coincide with the Innotrans trade fair in nearby Berlin. Fully autonomous unmanned freight trains are already in operation in…


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