Westfield Technology Group · self-driving bus or shuttle
Westfield POD
GATEway
A small electric passenger pod derived from Heathrow's ULTra personal rapid transit cars, adapted to drive itself on shared paths.
- Price
- —Price not published
- Autonomy
- SupervisedHow it runs
- Driverless
- Not yetSafety driver on board
- Fleet
- —Not published
- Speed
- —Not published
- Range
- —Not published
Why it matters
A retired vehicle from Westfield Technology Group.
Real-world use
Ran on a 3.4 km route in Greenwich, London during the 2017-2018 GATEway trial; also trialled in Birmingham, Manchester and other UK sites.
Maker
Westfield Technology GroupCompanyHow 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
- Greenwich, London (2017-2018); Birmingham, Manchester, Lake District, University of the West of England, Filton Airfield
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
Westfield POD (GATEway) is the only vehicle from Westfield Technology Group in the atlas.
Made, sold and where
No production or sales figures published yet.
- Price
- Not publishedPrice not published
- How to get one
- No official buying page found
Side by side with its peers
Picked by the same rules for every robot: another maker’s robot that moves the same way, is at the same stage and does at least one of the same main jobs, first shown within two years. Closer size and price rank higher. How we choose
| Measure | Westfield POD (GATEway)Westfield Technology Group |  Autonomous shuttle on Polaris GEM e6May MobilitySame job: passenger shuttle · Both on wheels · Both past robots |  OlliLocal MotorsSame job: passenger shuttle · Both on wheels · Both past robots |  EZ10 Gen 2EasyMileSame job: passenger shuttle · Both on wheels · Both past robots |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First shown | 2017-04 | 2018-06 | 2016-06-16 | 2018 |
| Status | Retired | Retired | Discontinued | Discontinued |
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| Joints | — | — | — | — |
| Speed | — | 40 km/h | — | — |
| Payload | — | — | — | — |
| Battery | — | — | — | — |
| Price | — | — | — | — |
Sources
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