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Self-Driving Shuttles Try Virus-Killing UV Rays To Assure Riders

The Detroit News

Voyage and May Mobility, two autonomous-vehicle companies that charge riders to go on simple, specialized routes, are putting UV-light emitters in their shuttles to help keep their services running. The rays are already used in ambulances and can destroy viruses, fungus and bacteria between rides.

The effort echoes Avis Budget Group Inc.’s move to market its partnership with Lysol maker Reckitt Benckiser Group Plc to boost disinfection protocols for its rental cars. Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc. also have taken steps to keep riders safe, though both are transporting far fewer people than before Covid-19.

Voyage’s service offers low speed trips on predictable routes to riders in two massive retirement communities in California and Florida. The company is putting the UV system in its third-generation vehicle – a retrofitted Chrysler Pacifica minivan – that costs half as much as previous models, helping make the roughly $2,000 added cost of the UV system more palatable. The new vehicle also can run without a safety driver.

Read the article at The Detroit News.

Aug 30, 2020connieshedron
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