UAE
Dubai Announces $2.3 Million Self-Driving Bus Challenge Tests
Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) announced that field tests have begun for participants in the Dubai World Challenge for Self-Driving Transport 2023.
Testing will be conducted at Dubai Silicon Oasis. The challenge offers a purse of $2.3m divided into two categories:
- Industry Leaders
- Local Academia
Ahmed Bahrozyan, CEO of Public Transport Agency and Chairman of the Organising Committee for the Dubai World Challenge for Self-Driving Transport, RTA, said: “The launch of the third edition of the Dubai World Challenge for Self-Driving Transport follows the success of the first two editions.”
“The theme of this edition is ‘Self-Driving Buses’.”