Driverless cars given green light for testing in UK

Innovate UK, the government’s technology strategy board, has been given the green light to test driverless cars in the UK.

The group will receive £10m to assess how driverless cars can fit into everyday life, which could benefit the blind and partially sighted. The locations selected were Greenwich, Bristol, and Milton Keynes and Coventry working on a joint project.

Nick Jones, lead technologist for the low carbon vehicle innovation platform at Innovate UK, said: ‘Cars that drive themselves would represent the most significant transformation in road travel since the introduction of the internal combustion engine and at Innovate UK, we want to help the UK to lead the world in making that happen.