Candiac to test drive autonomous electric shuttle buses

The South Shore city of Candiac announced Friday it will embark on a pilot project to provide electric, autonomous shuttle buses to take people to the city’s park-and-ride lot.
The pilot project, to which the Quebec government is contributing $350,000, is the first long-term demonstration project of a 100-per-cent electric autonomous shuttle in Canada, according to Keolis Canada, the company providing the shuttle buses.
The mini-bus has a capacity of 15 people, and it will take a two-kilom