Driverless cars to be tested in UK
- Government funding of £19m will allow three separate trials to take place
- We’re looking to start our first trial with automated shuttles with members of the public in May
- Arup is to lead this project with Jaguar Land Rover and Ford contributing
- The trials in Milton Keynes and Coventry will be run by a consortium named UK Autodrive
Driverless cars are to be tested in all those locations in trials that will put the UK at the forefront of automated vehicle technology. Government funding of £19m will allow three separate trials to take place: one in Bristol, one in Greenwich and one split between Coventry and Milton Keynes. The trials, lasting from 18 to 36 months, will test different aspects of self-driving technology. All will take place away from public roads, though each is aimed at making automated vehicles on Britain’s roads a reality. The trials will use semi-autonomous cars that can drive themselves for periods of the time with a human driver behind the wheel
I dont think driverless cars have been mastered yet, new technology is always arising and in a few years time we will have better technology to test and create driverless cars. Currently Jaguar, Land Rover, Ford and Arup are participating in the trials that will be carried out in the UK over milton Keynes and Coventry
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