Driverless Cars Uk Milton Keynes
One of the places driverless vehicles are already being tested is in milton keynes.
Driverless cars uk milton keynes. Driverless cars will trundle around the uk in their first public trials today. The government scheme which will be announced today will see a batch of autonomous pods running. The driverless cars were unveiled in milton keynes earlier this year and council leader peter marland checked out the new vehicles. Members of the public are being asked for their opinions on self driving vehicles.
A driverless car has been tested for the first time on uk streets in the latest development in self driving technology in britain. Following the launch of the driverless pod trials in milton keynes on tuesday 11 october members of the public are being asked what they think of self driving vehicles as part of a series of surveys being conducted on behalf of the uk autodrive programme. The trial saw a two seater lutz pathfinder travel 125 miles 2km. The uks government is keen to make the country the best place to develop autonomous car technology.
Jane russell the cars will be tested today before a fleet of 40 pods comes into operation by the end of 2017. Driverless cars will be tested for the first time in a uk town after 15m was made available from the government. A 15 million project to bring 20 driverless cars to milton keynes could be operational by 2015. Timothy revell goes.
First uk trial of driverless pods paves way for autonomous taxis. Uk autodrive was an ambitious and highly successful three year project that trialled the use of connected and self driving vehicles on the streets of milton keynes and coventry. The uk autodrive project. The pods which will travel at 12mph 19kmh will ferry people around milton.
The demonstration of the autonomous electric vehicles is going to take place on the pavements of milton keynes.