Connected Car
A new project that the Government believes will be the world’s first full-size self-driving bus service, has received funding and the go ahead to launch in the UK. As a part of the venture, the developers will test if vehicles can operate without a staff member on board. The autonomous bus service in Edinburgh will start in the Spring, after it was awarded a share of £81 million in joint UK Government and industry support to advance the technology. In total, seven successful projects from around the UK, received funding to gain a greater understanding of how it will work in the future. CAVForth II Fusion Processing received £10.4 million to launch its operational, full-sized, self-driving bus service, in partnership with Stagecoach, Alexander Dennis, University of the West of England, and Edinburgh Napier University.