Self-driving cars get £30m bump start

Chancellor says autonomous vehicles be in service on British roads by 2021

Oxford is among the cities leading a drive towards autonomous vehicles
Oxford is among the cities leading a drive towards autonomous vehicles
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A new £30m fund, financed by industry and the Government, will accelerate the race to get autonomous cars onto British roads by 2021.

The fund will have a special focus on making parallel parking “a thing of the past”, according to Business Minister Richard Harrington, who says £5m of the total will go to research on automating the tricky manoeuvre.

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