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The first electric bus, part of the autonomous transportation that will travel on public streets in Northern Virginia, is being programmed and tested in the Mosaic District of Fairfax County.
The bus is "the kind of thing we might see in a Star Wars or Blade Runner movie, without the vertical takeoff," said Mark Webb, chief innovation officer at Dominion Energy, a partner in the project.
The project is fund Caseno Email List ed by a $, (£k) state grant and a $, (£k) match from Fairfax County.
The Relay vehicle will carry passengers, traveling free, on a loop between the Dunn Loring subway station and the popular shopping and living street in Merrifield, just outside the Capital Beltway.
The approximately -mile route includes running a traffic light on busy U.S. Route
“This will never be distracted,” said engineer Nathan Ramsey. “Whenever there is chaos around it, the vehicle continues to observe its surroundings, is focused on that environment and reacts to that in real time.”
Peggy Fox, a spokeswoman for Dominion Energy, said Tuesday that engineers are mapping and programming the electric vehicle.
Testing will continue for several weeks before passengers are accepted onto the driverless shuttle service .
In a video interview provided by the power company, Ramsey said the Relay bus has several onboard braking systems that synchronize with each other.
»The bus will not have any problems, it will stop or decelerate», with the Lidar system.
Fairfax County, Dominion Energy, the state of Virginia and real estate developer EDENS have agreed to facilitate the first autonomous transportation program for traveling on public roads in Northern Virginia.
Mark Webb, senior vice president and chief innovation officer at Dominion Energy, said: “Transportation is the number one source of carbon emissions and electric vehicles are one way we can help other sectors reduce their impact on the environment.” .
Jeffrey McKay, Chairman of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, commented: “If there is a technology that is going to improve the quality of life for our residents through cleaner air, more efficient transit and a stronger economy, "We want to be at the forefront."
In , an autonomous shuttle service ran in a pilot program in suburban Albemarle County, in the town of Crozet.
The bus is small: it has capacity for six people, which will only allow three people at a time due to the coronavirus, unless all passengers are members of the same family. It will be active only from am to pm from Monday to Thursday, and the speed will not exceed mph ( kph), although it will operate on roads with limits of mph ( kph).
The buses are set up to drive autonomously, but security operators are on the bus and can override the bus's autonomous mode.
A Transdev security operator, who is on the buses, said that during the tests he has had to override the autonomous controls, once for every -mile round trip. The most common problem is the bus's inability to avoid obstacles.
The bus has a set of sensors, which include cameras, GPS, and a security administrator who will be on the bus to record operations.
The bus is "the kind of thing we might see in a Star Wars or Blade Runner movie, without the vertical takeoff," said Mark Webb, chief innovation officer at Dominion Energy, a partner in the project.
The project is fund Caseno Email List ed by a $, (£k) state grant and a $, (£k) match from Fairfax County.
The Relay vehicle will carry passengers, traveling free, on a loop between the Dunn Loring subway station and the popular shopping and living street in Merrifield, just outside the Capital Beltway.
The approximately -mile route includes running a traffic light on busy U.S. Route
“This will never be distracted,” said engineer Nathan Ramsey. “Whenever there is chaos around it, the vehicle continues to observe its surroundings, is focused on that environment and reacts to that in real time.”
Peggy Fox, a spokeswoman for Dominion Energy, said Tuesday that engineers are mapping and programming the electric vehicle.
Testing will continue for several weeks before passengers are accepted onto the driverless shuttle service .
In a video interview provided by the power company, Ramsey said the Relay bus has several onboard braking systems that synchronize with each other.
»The bus will not have any problems, it will stop or decelerate», with the Lidar system.
Fairfax County, Dominion Energy, the state of Virginia and real estate developer EDENS have agreed to facilitate the first autonomous transportation program for traveling on public roads in Northern Virginia.
Mark Webb, senior vice president and chief innovation officer at Dominion Energy, said: “Transportation is the number one source of carbon emissions and electric vehicles are one way we can help other sectors reduce their impact on the environment.” .
Jeffrey McKay, Chairman of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, commented: “If there is a technology that is going to improve the quality of life for our residents through cleaner air, more efficient transit and a stronger economy, "We want to be at the forefront."
In , an autonomous shuttle service ran in a pilot program in suburban Albemarle County, in the town of Crozet.
The bus is small: it has capacity for six people, which will only allow three people at a time due to the coronavirus, unless all passengers are members of the same family. It will be active only from am to pm from Monday to Thursday, and the speed will not exceed mph ( kph), although it will operate on roads with limits of mph ( kph).
The buses are set up to drive autonomously, but security operators are on the bus and can override the bus's autonomous mode.
A Transdev security operator, who is on the buses, said that during the tests he has had to override the autonomous controls, once for every -mile round trip. The most common problem is the bus's inability to avoid obstacles.
The bus has a set of sensors, which include cameras, GPS, and a security administrator who will be on the bus to record operations.