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CAVForth autonomous bus service to launch in May with Enviro200AV fleet from NFI’s Alexander Dennis

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LARBERT, United Kingdom, April 04, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- (TSX: NFI, OTC: NFYEF, TSX: NFI.DB) NFI Group Inc. (“NFI” or the “Company”), a leading independent bus and coach manufacturer and a leader in electric mass mobility solutions, subsidiary Alexander Dennis Limited (“Alexander Dennis”) today announced that the CAVForth autonomous bus service in East Scotland will begin on May 15, 2023, using five Alexander Dennis Enviro200AV buses.

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  • This follows the successful completion of an extensive testing program and registration of the bus service by Stagecoach, the UK’s largest bus and coach operator.
  • CAVForth is a joint project of Fusion Processing Ltd, Stagecoach, Alexander Dennis, Transport Scotland, Edinburgh Napier University and Bristol Robotics Lab which is part funded by the UK Government's Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles.
  • It is one of the most complex projects of its kind worldwide and will be the first registered service in the UK to use full-sized autonomous buses.
  • A fleet of five Alexander Dennis Enviro200AV vehicles will cover a 14-mile route, in mixed traffic, at up to 50 mph across the iconic Forth Road Bridge near Edinburgh.

Alexander Dennis autonomous bus trial, using the next-generation battery-electric Enviro100AEV, extended through CAVForth2

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LARBERT, United Kingdom, Feb. 01, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- (TSX: NFI, OTC: NFYEF, TSX: NFI.DB) NFI Group Inc. (“NFI” or the “Company”), a leading independent bus and coach manufacturer and a leader in electric mass mobility solutions, subsidiary Alexander Dennis Limited (“Alexander Dennis”) today announced that it will continue development of autonomous bus technology in the CAVForth2 project, led by Fusion Processing Ltd and supported by the UK Government.

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  • CAVForth2 is jointly funded by the UK Government’s Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles and project partners Fusion Processing Ltd, Stagecoach, Alexander Dennis, Edinburgh Napier University, and the University of West of England.
  • CAVForth2 will utilize an autonomous version of the next-generation Enviro100EV electric bus from Alexander Dennis, also fitted with Fusion’s CAVStar® ADS.
  • This Enviro100AEV will operate alongside five existing autonomous Alexander Dennis Enviro200AV buses from the original CAVForth project.
  • The buses will continue to be staffed by specially trained ‘Autonomous Bus Professionals’ recruited by Stagecoach from across its East Scotland business.

NFI’s autonomous ADL Enviro200 buses begin on-route testing in Scotland

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Bus operator Stagecoach will be conducting on-road testing of the autonomous buses over the next two weeks in partnership with Fusion Processing, ADL and Transport Scotland.

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  • Bus operator Stagecoach will be conducting on-road testing of the autonomous buses over the next two weeks in partnership with Fusion Processing, ADL and Transport Scotland.
  • The on-road testing in Scotland follows successful depot-based trials, track testing and virtual simulation where the buses have been put through their paces to fine tune the autonomous drive systems.
  • To help support the delivery of Project CAVForth, Transport Scotland recently opened a section of Actively Managed Hard Shoulder for all buses on the eastbound M8 motorway.
  • Todays start of on-route testing is a milestone for our autonomous bus project, said Chris Gall, Group Engineering Director, ADL.