ZF’s vision of sustainable next-generation mobility

ZF recently presented its Level 4 autonomous shuttle. Could you tell us a little more about that project and the next steps?

As previously announced ZF is now a full-service autonomous transportation system provider offering not only autonomous shuttles but also project planning, implementation, operation, and maintenance/service of autonomous passenger transportation systems. We have carried out recent demonstrations of ZF autonomous transportation system shuttles in the UK and the US and of course operate current autonomous shuttles from our wholly-owned 2getthere business, where we have shuttles that have been running commercially in places like Abu Dhabi and Rotterdam for decades. We are also currently launching the RaBUS project, deploying and researching electric bus shuttles up to autonomous level 4. This will take place in Germany in Mannheim (focus: mixed inner-city traffic) and Friedrichshafen (focus: overland operation) with a local public transport operation with electrified and automated vehicles, among other things with attractive travel speeds, and is to be tested by the end of 2023.

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