A world-first: Oslo Airport to start using driverless vehicles to remove snow
Oslo Airport will use driverless vehicles to remove snow. Avinor has ordered driverless winter service vehicles worth NOK 400 million.
Avinor is entering into an eight-year framework agreement with the winter service vehicle manufacturer Øveraasen in Gjøvik for the delivery of the driverless vehicles, newspaper Dagens Næringsliv (DN) writes.
“This means a lot to us. The corona pandemic has almost led to a collapse in international air traffic,” CEO Thor Arve Øveraasen said in a comment on the 400-million contract.
According to the plan, the driverless vehicles will be put into operation at Oslo Airport in the winter of 2021/2022. The technology company Yeti Move in Kongsberg is a subcontractor for the technical solutions.
“We want to be in the driver’s seat when it comes to innovation. We are among the first in the world to put such a concept into operation and will thus be able to maintain the goal of being a leader when it comes to winter operations,” CEO Abraham Foss in Avinor said.
Source: © NTB Scanpix / #Norway Today / #NorwayTodayNews
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