Autonomous and connected cars get set for UK road trials
Members of the UK Autodrive consortium have been demonstrating connected and autonomous vehicle technologies prior to road trials in Coventry and Milton Keynes.
Project partners Jaguar Land Rover, Ford and Tata Motors European Technical Centre (TMETC) assembled at the HORIBA MIRA Proving Ground in Nuneaton today, June 22, 2017, to demonstrate a series of car technologies that have been successfully demonstrated in test track trials. Jaguar Land Rover also presented the latest version of their autonomous vehicle technology.
The three vehicle manufacturers are participants in the £20m UK Autodrive research and development project, which is jointly funded by government and industry.
UK Autodrive is the first British project to showcase the benefits of inter-car communication. During the event, the car-makers jointly demonstrated three of the seven connected car features that are being trialled during the three-year programme.
First was Emergency Vehicle Warning, which showcased cars that warn drivers when an emergency vehicle is approaching – as well as indicating its direction – thereby minimising congestion and potentially reducing the time it takes for emergency service vehicles to reach their destination.
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