Potentials of modular autonomous vehicles for variable scenarios of public transport

Authors

Dennis Wedler, Prof. Dr.-Ing Thomas Vietor, Institute for Engineering Design, Technische Universitaet Braunschweig

Year

2019

Summary

On the way to new forms of mobility, a number of autonomous vehicles were built in recent years. In addition to tests with classic cars and trucks, which still have a driver's seat with all the necessary control elements, the vehicle type of a small passenger shuttle has also been developed. These passenger shuttles have already completed some operation time successfully in a controlled environment. Included are companies and university campuses, public areas such as train stations and airports as well as defined routes in city traffic. The fact, that the designs of the passenger compartment doesn´t fit well with some of the tested use cases, can be a result of the test period. Nevertheless more variants of passenger compartments are necessary. Instead of different vehicles a modularisation of the vehicle can be the solution.

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