The two-stage pilot will examine the viability of integrating self-driving vehicles into Israelโs public transportation system
Israel has launched a two-year pilot program in which four companies will operate self-driving public buses to ease road congestion, the country's Innovation Authority said.
The authority, along with the Transportation Ministry and Ayalon Highways, chose four groups - including Egged, Israel's largest bus operator - that will start running independent autonomous buses on public roads.
The state is providing half of an investment of 61 million shekels ($17 million) for the pilot which will be done in two stages with the goal of examining the viability of integrating autonomous vehicles into Israel's public transport system.
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