{"componentChunkName":"component---src-templates-blog-post-js","path":"/blog/supermarket-asda-startup-hvs-receive-uk-hydrogen-self-driving-lorry-grant/","result":{"data":{"site":{"siteMetadata":{"title":"No Frills News"}},"contentfulNfnPost":{"postTitle":"Supermarket Asda, startup HVS receive UK hydrogen self-driving lorry grant","slug":"supermarket-asda-startup-hvs-receive-uk-hydrogen-self-driving-lorry-grant","createdLocal":"2023-02-01 14:31:03.514025","publishDate":"2023-02-01 00:00:00","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","sourceUrl":{"sourceUrl":"https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/supermarket-asda-startup-hvs-receive-uk-hydrogen-self-driving-lorry-grant-2023-02-01/"},"postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"<p>[1/2] Hydrogen Vehicle Systems (HVS) CEO Jawad Khursheed presents a prototype hydrogen fuel cell-powered medium-sized vehicle that the startup has developed, in Nuneaton, Britain, January 26, 2023.\nREUTERS/Nick CareyLONDON, Feb 1 (Reuters) - A consortium including Hydrogen truck startup HVS and supermarket chain Asda said on Wednesday it had been awarded a 6.6 million pound ($8.1 million) UK government grant to develop autonomous hydrogen heavy goods vehicles.\nThe third member of the consortium is UK self-driving technology firm Fusion Processing.\n\"This project will feed back to the government's understanding of what the legislation should be to introduce safe self-driving vehicles,\" said HVS CEO Jawad Khursheed.\nThe self-driving vehicle without a cab will be operated on test tracks by a remote human driver.</p>"}}}},"pageContext":{"slug":"supermarket-asda-startup-hvs-receive-uk-hydrogen-self-driving-lorry-grant"}}}