Overview
- The prototype e‑bus carried media passengers in a supervised demonstration on Tuesday, Nov. 3, with the vehicle steering, accelerating and braking itself while a safety driver and system monitor remained ready to intervene.
- Organizers have scheduled booked test service on line 178 from 17 November through mid‑June 2027 on weekdays and say roughly 2,000 people have registered to take part.
- The bus is equipped with lidar, radar, multiple cameras and satellite positioning and will operate initially with a safety driver and a second onboard monitor as partners collect sensor and operational data.
- Project MINGA is backed by about €13 million in federal funding and brings together MVG, Stadtwerke München, MAN, Ebusco, Adastec, TUM, Universität Stuttgart and other partners for an applied research trial.
- Partners plan a staged move away from a full safety driver toward an onboard operator and later to remote supervision in an operations center while the trials measure rider acceptance and accessibility including a wheelchair space.