First UK driverless cars to hit London roads this year

First UK driverless cars to hit London roads this year: News: 100% made in Britain technology could potentially be exported to ‘many other countries

News: 100% made in Britain technology could potentially be exported to ‘many other cities around the world’.

The first driverless cars are about to hit UK roads, with plans to roll out electric passenger driverless vehicles to the roads of Royal Borough of Greenwich, London, under the GATEway (Greenwich Automated Transport Environment) project.

The cars' design is inspired on the driverless Ultra PODS being used at Heathrow's Terminal 5, however, they will not need rails to drive around the capital's south east borough.

Initially, only seven pods will be launched, driving around the O2 Arena in the Greenwich Peninsula as of July.