State-run Bases Conversion and Development Authority said it is teaming up with US-based mobility company Coast Autonomous for the pilot testing of low-speed autonomous vehicles in New Clark City for the upcoming Southeast Asian Games.
The autonomous or “self-driving” vehicles will be used to provide transportation services for the athletes.
“It is a great honor to partner with BCDA and the Philippines to deploy a fleet of [shuttles] to New Clark City for the SEA Games and we are grateful for this incredible opportunity. The SEA Games is the perfect event and New Clark City, the ideal location to showcase the future of urban transportation,” said Coast Autonomous chairman and chief executive David Hickey.
Hickey said electric and self-driving shuttles are “the natural successors to the streetcar” and can be the backbone of a new, clean and more efficient streetcar system.”
Three electric Coast P-1 shuttles are expected to arrive the country in mid-October for the pilot testing, all equipped with high-definition, 3D mapping machines for the shuttles’ route.
