Driverless cars to be tested on public roads

£20m boost to schemes will see autonomous vehicles on UK motorways around Coventry and Solihull

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Autonomous car technology is set to receive a £20 million boost from the government.

The investment will go to eight new projects – six focussed on "accelerating autonomous and connected vehicles from an infrastructure and business point of view", says Auto Express, and two to develop driverless city centre shuttles to help the disabled and visually impaired. There are also plans to equip 40 miles of UK motorway with sensors for live, in-traffic autonomous-car testing.

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