Australasian Bus & Coach - April 2018

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Innovation Patent 2015100454 ABC-QH-5163868-CS-

VW SEDRIC - FUTURE SCHOOL BUS?

DON’T LET THE SEATING capacity fool

you (there are ways around that - stay

tuned), the idea is to have on-demand

shuttles like SEDRIC pick up the kids,

deliver and return them to school safely,

and give parents more time to get their

shopping, washing, cooking, cleaning

and Netflix binges sorted – or so one

would think. Or hope.

Although SEDRIC as a concept is

not new – it debuted in its original

form about a year ago at the 2017

International Geneva Motorshow – this

school bus version recently wowed

punters at the Volkswagen Group Night

Geneva – Shaping the Future - Urban

Mobility event, this month.

According to the spiel, “The company

underscores the importance of SEDRIC

(Self DRIving Car) as the cross-brand

ideas platform for sustainable, safe,

convenient mobility at the touch of a

button ... with the exterior and interior

styling in the School Bus design.”

Volkswagen says it’s made “big

strides” in the past year in terms of the

development of the Self-Driving System,

but that areas of design, user experience

and comfort continue to progress.

“The advanced development of

SEDRIC shown at the Volkswagen

Group Night Geneva highlights the

aspiration of achieving a form of

individual mobility that can be

applied anywhere and is available to

anyone. The latest family member, the

SEDRIC School Bus follows on from

the original SEDRIC, SEDRIC 42 and

SEDRIC Nightlife.

AUSSIE’S BUS COMP KICKS OFF FOR 201 –

US COACH TRAVEL IS KEY

AN AUSTRALIAN’S UNIQUE ‘brainstorming

on a bus’ competition kicks off again

this April 27 – May 1, 2018, and a slew of

clever and innovative business ideas are

expected to be born as competitors travel

across America against the clock.

StartupBus, an Aussie-bred concept

that creates a community of ‘buspreneurs’,

continues to rack up miles after first hitting

the road in the USA in 2010, with the 2018

edition just a month away and participants

entering from all over the world.

The 2018 competition’s routes include:

Silicon Valley, San Diego, Las Vegas, Mexico

City, Texas, St. Louis, Detroit, Ohio, Florida,

and New York.

Australian entrepreneur Elias Bizannes

co-founded StartupBus, which is described

as “equal parts hackathon, road trip and

global community ... challenging top-tier

talent to hop on a bus and conceive, build

and launch a start-up in 72 hours.”

If want to follow the action online

you can do that at http://www.startupbus.

com, where you can get all the latest

competition updates, but to actually

enter you’ll need a special invitation code

• because they don’t just let anyone onto
  these great, modern coaches. Tweet to @
  TheStartupBus to get one.