evolvAD project concludes after 16,000 miles of autonomous driving
The UK’s most rigorous autonomous driving (AD) research project - evolvAD - has been completed by a consortium of five industry partners.
Dubbed evolvAD, the effort builds on previous Nissan-backed projects in the UK, namely HumanDrive and ServCity, bringing vehicle autonomy closer as part of what the company said is its global vision for a safer, cleaner and more inclusive world.
It ends an eight-year period during which over 16,000 autonomous miles were driven across the country's motorways, urban centres, residential streets and countryside, with no accidents.
In a statement, David Moss, senior vice president, Region Research & Development for Nissan AMIEO said: "All three research projects have been tremendously successful in driving our knowledge and understanding of how AD technology performs across challenging driving environments.
"As well as making driving safer by reducing human error, and cleaner by improving efficiency, this technology can give many more people access to mobility who may not have it today due to location, age or disability.
"Our talented UK team at Nissan Technical Centre Europe in Cranfield will continue developing this technology, and we're excited to bring AD mobility services to customers in the coming years."
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