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Peugeot to test driverless cars in Singapore

French automaker PSA said on Wednesday it was teaming up with nuTonomy to integrate the US startup's software into one of its vehicles for onroad testing of fully autonomous cars in Singapore.

nuTonomy will install its software into customised Peugeot 3008 vehicles.
nuTonomy will install its software into customised Peugeot 3008 vehicles. CC/Wikimedia
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"We're confident that working with Groupe PSA will bring us closer to our goal of deploying a safe, efficient, fully autonomous mobility-on-demand transportation service for urban driving environments," nuTonomy's chief executive Karl Lagnemma said in a statement.

nuTonomy will install its software, along with sensors and computing platforms, into customised Peugeot 3008 vehicles, with the vehicles expected to hit the streets in September.

Driverless taxis

A company spun off from the Massachussets Institute of Technology (MIT), a leading US research university, nuTonomy has been behind a public trial of driverless taxis that got underway in Singapore last year, although engineers rode along to take over in case of a problem.

The two companies said the integration of driverless technology into production model vehicles will be critical for their introduction on a wider scale.

The crossover Peugeot 3008 SUV is a much larger vehicle than the nuTonomy vehicles currently in use in Singapore.

"This collaboration is a significant step towards fully autonomous vehicles, which will enable us to offer different mobility solutions to our customers," said Anne Laliron, head of the carmaker's experimental unit.

The companies said they will consider expanding onroad testing to other major cities around the world following the initial phase of this partnership.

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