Government backs £81m autonomous bus and truck pilots

Government backs £81m autonomous bus and truck pilotsPeter StonhamBus and truck operators and local authorities will be sharing the lead with technology developers in seven new autonomous passenger transport and freight projects in Cambridge, Edinburgh, Sunderland, Belfast, Solihull and Coventry. They are being backed by Government funding for specialist applications of driverless technologies some see as more likely to get early adoption than fully driverless cars. The Projects across the country are all intended to demonstrate sustainable commercial CAV services by 2025. The government is awarding almost £42 million to 7 projects through the Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CCAV) Commercialising Connected and Automated Mobility (CAM) competition. This is a massive opportunity to drive forward our priority to grow the economy, which we are determined to seize.