Mexican Media Brands
U.K Approves Driverless-Car Testing on Public Roads
The British government plans to begin pilot testing autonomous vehicles on select roadways later this year and expand testing to highways and other major public roads next year.
Share
The British government plans to begin pilot testing autonomous vehicles on select roadways later this year and expand testing to highways and other major public roads next year.
Chancellor George Osborne says legislators also are working on proposals to remove regulatory barriers that currently restrict the use of automated driving technologies. He envisions vehicles equipped with such systems becoming commercially available by 2020.
The testing program will be formally announced Wednesday as part of the U.K. Treasury’s new budget. Initial trials are expected to be held in Bristol, Coventry, Milton Keynes and Greenwich, England.
Last month the U.K. announced a £20 million ($29 million) program to help fund various autonomous vehicle development projects. These projects will focus on vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure communications.
RELATED CONTENT
-
On Electric Pickups, Flying Taxis, and Auto Industry Transformation
Ford goes for vertical integration, DENSO and Honeywell take to the skies, how suppliers feel about their customers, how vehicle customers feel about shopping, and insights from a software exec
-
Global Supply of Automotive Fasteners from a Single Source
PennEngineering offers a global supply for a wide range of fasteners for the automotive industry, including China-based facilities that manufacture standard and custom products to world-class standards of quality at lower cost.
-
Robotic Exoskeleton Amplifies Human Strength
The Sarcos Guardian XO Max full-body, all-electric exoskeleton features strength amplification of up to 20 to 1, making 200 pounds—the suit’s upper limit—feel like 10 pounds for the user.
