{"id":1192,"date":"2019-03-03T11:50:18","date_gmt":"2019-03-03T11:50:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/?p=1192"},"modified":"2019-03-03T11:50:20","modified_gmt":"2019-03-03T11:50:20","slug":"orlando-to-introduce-driverless-buses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/2019\/03\/03\/orlando-to-introduce-driverless-buses\/","title":{"rendered":"Orlando To Introduce Driverless Buses"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/800px-Easymile_Driverless_Bus_licence_plate_Proov_0195_Mere_puiestee_Tallinn_18_July_2017.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1193\" srcset=\"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/800px-Easymile_Driverless_Bus_licence_plate_Proov_0195_Mere_puiestee_Tallinn_18_July_2017.jpg 800w, http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/800px-Easymile_Driverless_Bus_licence_plate_Proov_0195_Mere_puiestee_Tallinn_18_July_2017-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/800px-Easymile_Driverless_Bus_licence_plate_Proov_0195_Mere_puiestee_Tallinn_18_July_2017-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Look, ma, no\ndriver! Driverless shuttles are coming to Lake Nona.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Orlando\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\">Lake Nona<\/a> unveiled the first autonomous vehicles in Florida last Tuesday.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Autonomous vehicle company Beep revealed that a miniature, <g class=\"gr_ gr_3 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Grammar only-ins doubleReplace replaceWithoutSep\" id=\"3\" data-gr-id=\"3\">self-driving<\/g> bus will hit the streets of Lake Nona in the coming months.&nbsp; <br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Move Nona is a self-driving shuttle and will seat up to 15 passengers. The vehicle will be able to travel no more than 16 miles per hour, according to Beep.&nbsp;The project is supplied by French company Navya, whose representatives also came to Lake Nona to announce Beep had been chosen as a partner on the project. Both Beep and Navya have been contracted by Lake Nona owner and prime developer- Tavistock Group which is a Bahamas-based private&nbsp;investment organization&nbsp;founded&nbsp;in 1975 and controlling assets in various land development projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br> Dozens of executives and local officials gathered in the Orlando suburb for the announcement. Beep is planning to plant its headquarters square in Lake Nona \u2013 a 17 square-mile&nbsp;neighborhood in south Orlando billed as one of the newest, fastest developing tech-heavy \u2018smart cities.\u2019&nbsp;<br> If you need one of the new <g class=\"gr_ gr_17 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling ins-del multiReplace\" id=\"17\" data-gr-id=\"17\">autonome<\/g> shuttles, all you have to do is use an app to request a pickup. The shuttles run on batteries and are guided by sensors. The project aims to reduce air pollution and congestion. Each bus will be able to accommodate eight seated passengers and there is standing room for a few more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Orlando mayor\nBuddy Dyer told reporters that the aim of the area is to become one of the\nautonomous vehicle central-points of all the United States as currently it is one\nof ten autonomous vehicle proving grounds in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.orlandoweekly.com\/Blogs\/archives\/2019\/02\/20\/self-driving-buses-roll-into-lake-nona-in-orlando-a-growing-testbed-for-smart-city-technology\">Orlando Weekly<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Look, ma, no driver! Driverless shuttles are coming to Lake Nona. Orlando\u2019s Lake Nona unveiled the first autonomous vehicles in Florida last Tuesday.&nbsp; Autonomous vehicle company Beep revealed that a miniature, self-driving bus will hit the streets of Lake Nona in the coming months.&nbsp; Move Nona is a self-driving shuttle and will seat up to &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/2019\/03\/03\/orlando-to-introduce-driverless-buses\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Orlando To Introduce Driverless Buses&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,6,10],"tags":[86,88,87],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1192"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1192"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1192\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1195,"href":"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1192\/revisions\/1195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}