UK Autodrive in the news

How many people does it take to drive a driverless car? Five: a safety driver behind the wheel, an operator to program the route, and three engineers monitoring it in another car behind.

Jaguar Land Rover has revealed its been working hard to get its self-driving cars up to speed, trialing new technology that allows a self driving car to not only park itself, but find a space to park in.

The trial is all part of the UK Autodrive project, a government backed initiative which is spending millions to push autonomous vehicle technology.

Mirror man puts his life in the hands of a machine as he gets taken for a spin in the futuristic self-driving Range Rover.

Massive strides are being made in delivering a future where driverless cars become the norm, according to one of the men at the forefront of a three-year testing program which some of the UK’s biggest car manufacturers have been involved in.

The coming year will see driverless vehicle technology become part of everyday life in Britain, according to experts. The first street trials have already been successfully completed by UK Autodrive, who worked with JLR, Tata and Ford to test vehicles on public roads in Coventry in the autumn.

The first public taxi service using self-driving vehicles is to launch in a British city centre next summer. Passengers will be able to call up the low-speed “pod” vehicles to take them to a choice of eight destinations. The fleet of 40 four-seat vehicles will ride on the broad pavements of Milton Keynes, which is built on a grid network.

The first public taxi service using self-driving vehicles is to launch in a British city centre next summer. Passengers will be able to call up the low-speed “pod” vehicles to take them to a choice of eight destinations. The fleet of 40 four-seat vehicles will ride on the broad pavements of Milton Keynes, which is built on a grid network.

Driverless cars have been tested on the city’s roads for the first time as part of the UK’s biggest trial of the ‘vehicles of the future.’ The cars were unleashed on to public roads in Coventry city centre on Wednesday, as reported on at the time by the Telegraph.