Budget 2016: UK to be driverless cars ‘centre for excellence’
A £15m "connected corridor" from Dover to London and further driverless car and truck trials were all announced in today's (16 March) Budget.
The government confirmed it would conduct trials of driverless cars on the strategic road network by 2017, establish a £15m connected corridor from London to Dover enabling vehicles to communicate
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