The demonstration period comes after Capital Metro received a portion of the Texas Volkswagen Environmental Mitigation Trust settlement in August.
The 30-foot midibus will run on circulator and connector routes and is expected to be in service for over 20 hours per day.
The step is a prerequisite for sales of the vehicle in California.
Through this position Stantec plans to grow and launch smart mobility strategies, programs, and deployments.
The project will take place along the four-road area surrounding the University of Florida, descriptively called “the Trapezium.”
The technology will be tested at Robotic Research facilities in late 2019, with closed course operation anticipated for 2020.
The bus operated for 28 hours and achieved 10.4 miles per diesel gallon equivalent.
Five e-Golf vehicles, equipped with laser scanners, cameras, ultrasonic sensors, and radars, will drive on a digital test bed.
The agency expects the FRA to certify its PTC technology by June 2020.
IDOT will oversee a testing program that requires a driver to remain behind the wheel, capable of taking control of the vehicle at all times.