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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The world’s first daily driverless bus service has started in which country
A
France
B
US
C
Japan
D
China
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The driverless bus is the first actual test of a driverless bus in Denmark.

Detailed explanation-2: -The world’s first driverless bus service has started in which country? The world’s first daily driverless bus service has started in Lyon, France.

Detailed explanation-3: -In 1830 Sir Goldworthy Gurney of Great Britain designed a large stagecoach driven by a steam engine that may have been the first motor-driven bus. In 1895 an eight-passenger omnibus, driven by a four-horsepower single-cylinder engine, was built in Germany.

Detailed explanation-4: -The first vehicle was delivered to the “Netphener Omnibus-Gesellschaft mbH” bus company in the Siegerland region of Germany, today part of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The world’s first motorized bus went into service on 18 March 1895.

Detailed explanation-5: -The word bus is short for omnibus, which means “for everyone.” Bus was first used in this sense in the 1830s, its “everyone” meaning referencing the fact that anyone could join the coach along its route, unlike with stagecoaches, which had to be pre-booked.

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