MAN Truck & Bus with ADASTEC · self-driving bus or shuttle
Lion's City 12 E autonomous
MINGA project
A standard 12 m MAN electric city bus fitted with lidar, radar and cameras for automated driving in Munich's MINGA project. MAN first worked with Mobileye, then chose ADASTEC as its software partner.
- 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 prototype vehicle from MAN Truck & Bus with ADASTEC.
Real-world use
Running on Munich route 178 with a safety driver since early September 2026, ahead of rides with selected test users planned for late 2026.
Maker
MAN Truck & Bus with ADASTECCompanyHow 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
- Munich (MAN premises, then route 178 Petuelring to Freimanner Hoelzl, 2026)
Public attention
How much public attention Lion's City 12 E autonomous (MINGA project) gets, from open data.
- No Wikipedia article of its own yet
- No recent press stories listed yet
- 1 reported deployment
Measures how much people read and write about a robot, not how good it is. Measured 2026-10-13; same method for every robot. How it is measured
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.
Lineage
Every MAN Truck & Bus with ADASTEC vehicle in order.
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
Where it works
1 reported deployment.
- Pilot
MVG (Munich transit) with MAN and ADASTEC (MINGA project) · Route 178 (Petuelring to Freimanner Hölzl) · Munich · since 2026-10 · 1 units
An automated MAN Lion's City 12 E bus with a safety driver began public-road testing on Munich bus route 178, with selected test riders planned from November. 1 bus testing, a second planned (ADASTEC, Oct 2026) ADASTEC
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 | Lion's City 12 E autonomous (MINGA project)MAN Truck & Bus with ADASTEC |  Holon Urban (launched as Holon Mover)Holon (Benteler Group)Same job: passenger shuttle · Both on wheels · Both in development | No public photo yetWe only show photos we're allowed to useMooBusMooVitaSame job: passenger shuttle · Both on wheels · Both in development |
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| First shown | 2023-04 | 2023-01 | 2021 |
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Sources
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