GACHA

A 4.5 m four-wheel-drive electric shuttle with 10 seats plus standing room for six, no front or back and an LED band for lights and messages; Sensible 4 supplied all-weather positioning and obstacle detection and MUJI the design. Listed top speed 40 km/h and range about 100 km.

Price: —not sold; demonstrator
Autonomy: SupervisedHow it runs
Driverless: Not yetSafety driver on board
Fleet: —Not published
Speed: 40.0 km/hFaster than 38%
Range: 100 kmPer charge or tank

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Why it matters

Billed as the first autonomous bus designed to run in all weather, including heavy rain, fog and snow, after testing in Lapland.

Real-world use

Debuted in Helsinki on 8 March 2019, with public trials planned from April 2019 in Espoo and later Hämeenlinna and Vantaa (Dezeen; Truck & Bus Builder, 2019).

Timeline

First shown: 2019-03-08
Released: Not yet

Test drive outside Oodi Central Library, Helsinki

Maker

Sensible 4 with MUJICompany

How it drives

Fleet and city figures move fast; each carries its date and who reported it.

Driverless status: Safety driver on board
Where it runs: Helsinki and Espoo, Finland (2019 trials)

How it stacks up

Against other buses & shuttles that publish the figure. Pick a measure.

Too few buses & shuttles publish a height to rank it. Bars show the 1 closest in date.

Not published by the maker: weight, payload, joints, battery, price.

Public attention

A historic robot: no longer sold or in use, so it is not ranked against current vehicles.

No Wikipedia article of its own yet
No recent press stories listed yet

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What’s inside

No component details published yet.

Movement: Wheeled base
How it runs: Supervised. Works by itself while a person watches and steps in.

From the maker

GACHA is the only vehicle from Sensible 4 with MUJI in the atlas.

Made, sold and where

No production or sales figures published yet.

Price: Not publishednot sold; demonstrator
How to get one: No official buying page found

Sources

Figures come from press coverage. Every link below backs something on this page.

Truck & Bus Builder MUJI and Sensible 4 launch autonomous all-weather shuttle Dezeen Muji's driverless Gacha bus takes to the roads in Helsinki GeoConnexion MUJI and Sensible 4 debut GACHA Truck & Bus Builder Sensible 4 files for bankruptcy after funding bid falters

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