SINGAPORE, June 19 -- Punggol residents will soon be able to hop on fully driverless shuttle rides for free as ComfortDelGro (CDG) opens its autonomous vehicle service to the public from June 22.

The Land Transport Authority (LTA) and CDG said the service will run daily, with Mondays and Fridays set aside for group bookings, families and passengers who require assistance, The Straits Times reported today.

The current route takes about 25 minutes, linking Block 420A Northshore Drive, Punggol Coast Mall and One Punggol (Sam Kee LRT station), with a longer 50-minute loop planned from July.

Bookings are required and can be made via https://zig.sg/driverless.

The five-seater autonomous vehicles are supplied by Chinese firm Pony.ai and oper...