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U.K. town will build driverless podcar system

Driverless cars are coming to one town in the United Kingdom faster than you might imagine.

Milton Keynes, a town of more than 200,000 people, announced that it will begin a pilot program for a transit system that uses driverless, electric podcars starting in 2015.

The £65 million pilot project will use 100 podcars (that can hold two passenger each) which can be summoned by a smartphone. The initial test will have the podcars travel on a one mile route between the city’s train station and shopping centers and offices. Each ride will cost £2. The pilot will run for two years and continue if the test run is positive, possibly even spreading to other cities in the U.K.

By Tyler Falk

Full Story: http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/bulletin/uk-town-will-build-driverless-podcar-system/33536?tag=nl.e660&s_cid=e660&ttag=e660&ftag=TRE4eb29b5

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