California University Students Ride to Class in Driverless Shuttle
Students at Sacramento State in California are being offered a ride to class in a driverless shuttle whose inventors hope will become the favored method of transportation on campuses and other small communities.
The oversized golf cart fitted with computers and a rooftop laser that serves as the shuttle’s eyes is being tested on the Northern California campus.
The Sacramento Bee reported the four-seater created by Mountain View-based Varden Labs on Monday moved at about 5 mph through a thicket of strolling students, some on bikes, others on skateboards.
The all-electric vehicle, called “Alvin” after a TV cartoon chipmunk, will cost $50,000.
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