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First Group said it will analyse how people respond to autonomous buses on public roads at a business and technology park in Oxfordshire.

PASSENGERS have travelled on a full-size self-driving bus for the first time in the UK.

Twenty-two volunteers were taken across the Forth Road Bridge on a full-size, self-driving bus.

Operator Stagecoach said 22 volunteers were taken on a journey by the autonomous vehicle across the Forth Road Bridge as part of testing.

Hydrogen Vehicle Systems plans to introduce a 40-tonne zero-emission truck

Glasgow-based Hydrogen Vehicle Systems (HVS) will receive a £15-million (US$17.8-million) grant from the UK Government’s Advanced Propulsion Center to support the commercialization of a hydrogen fuel cell-powered heavy-duty truck. HVS is developing the UK’s first indigenous, clean-sheet, hydrogen fuel-cell HGV (Heavy Goods Vehicle). APC’s funding, which is aimed at supporting...

Airbus sees hydrogen-powered fuel cell engines as a potential solution for its zero-emissions aircraft, which will go service by 2035. Meanwhile, Honda, meanwhile, has announced plans to produce fuel cell electric vehicles in the United States from 2024.

This city will see a fleet of autonomous buses enter operation this year, but will transit systems invest in this technology in the coming years?

The UKs first self-driving, autonomous bus has launched

The UK has begun the on-road trials of its first self-driving bus backed by the Scottish government under Project CAVForth in Scotland, as reported by PTI.