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Singapore Emerges as Key Testing Ground for Autonomous Vehicles (restofworld.org)

(Wednesday November 27, 2024 @11:42AM (msmash) from the closer-look dept.)


Singapore is positioning itself as [1]a key testing ground for autonomous vehicles , attracting major Chinese firms and establishing unified national guidelines that contrast with fragmented regulations in the U.S. and China.

China's WeRide launched the country's first public autonomous bus service on Sentosa island in June, while multiple companies are deploying self-driving vehicles for logistics and transportation. The controlled rollout aligns with Singapore's strategy to address labor shortages and land constraints.

Singapore topped KPMG's Autonomous Vehicles Readiness Index, with companies citing its political neutrality and stringent safety standards as major draws for testing operations.



[1] https://restofworld.org/2024/singapore-self-driving-vehicles/


Mandatory viewing (Score:3)

by dskoll ( 99328 )

Hell of a long [1]video [youtube.com] but well worth waytching for autonomous vehicle fanbois and fangurls.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=040ejWnFkj0

Good for them (Score:2)

by byronivs ( 1626319 )

Sounds like Singapore will benefit greatly from this. None if will translate to countries with cultures of people that like to kick sleeping dogs. I mean they're testing there because law-abiding. Good luck with those results in urban or suburban or exurban or rural America. Hope they cover a person jaywalking, darting from behind parked cars to cars signalling for 5 blocks in a row or measuring the distance to the truck nutz so they're not teabagging my windshield or can't see the traffic for the soot clou

Singapore is tiny (Score:2)

by _merlin ( 160982 )

It's easy to have "unified national guidelines" when the entire country is geographically smaller than many cities and effectively has a single local government area. By comparison, US states and Chinese provinces had a fair bit of autonomy, and Chinese local government areas have a fair bit of autonomy as well. How do you think you're going to get "unified national guidelines" in China when the rules for business registration differ between different parts of Shanghai?

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