SWEDEN Karsan’s autonomous e-Atak Level 4 bus will now become Sweden’s first driverless vehicle, the manufacturer says, and will enter passenger service in August as part of a project implemented by Karsan in partnership with Adastec, Västtrafik, Vy Buss and Applied Autonomy in the Garda region of Gothenburg, connecting its Central and Liseberg railway stations.
Karsan CEO Okan Bas said, “Karsan’s autonomous e-Atak, our first Level 4 autonomous bus, which is already carrying ticketed passengers in open traffic in Norway and Finland, will now break new ground in Sweden’s public transportation. To date, we have gained a great deal of experience with the 100,000 kilometres we have covered and the 35,000 passengers we have transported with our autonomous vehicle. This experience and the feedback we receive from our customers enable us to produce more innovative solutions every day and to continuously go further by breaking our limits. We will continue to shape the future by reinforcing our leadership in the sector in autonomous technology.”
Karsan’s autonomous bus has also been carrying passengers on a five kilometre route for over a year and a half on the Michigan State University campus in the USA, whilst in Stavanger, Norway, the bus has been carrying passengers since 2022 and recently expanded its existing route. Equipped with a suite of sensors, the bus uses a combination of LiDAR, Radar, RGB cameras, GNSS and other sensors that work together to provide precise navigation and situational awareness in different weather conditions. The 8.3m vehicle can reach a speed of 40 km/h in autonomous driving in all weather conditions, by day or night.
