Driverless cars to be on Britain's roads by 2015

摘要

Driverless cars will be on UK roads as early as January 2015.UK trials of the autonomous vehicles have only taken place on private land up to now, but the government has given the green light for driverless cars to take to UK roads from January 2015.Business Secretary Vince Cable has announced two new measures that will see driverless cars take to the roads.UK cities can now bid for a share of a ￡10 million competition to host a driverless cars trial. The government is calling on cities to join together with businesses and research organisations to put forward proposals to become a test location. Up to three cities will be selected to host the trials from next year (2015) - and each project is expected to last between 18 and 36 months and start in January 2015.