TRL appointed project management lead of Digital Road for Evolving Connected and Automated Driving programme
TRL has been appointed project management lead on the Digital Road for Evolving Connected and Automated Driving (DiREC) programme. DiREC, is a two-year program that forms part of Europe’s CEDR Transnational Research Programme (TRP), aims to establish a connected and automated vehicle (CAV)-ready framework to prepare the highways for safe and smart CAV driving. TRL will […]
Project Endeavour arrives in Birmingham for next phase of driverless trials
Project Endeavour arrives in Birmingham this week, with the UK’s second largest city hosting the next phase of autonomous vehicle trials on public roads. The trials offer the Project Endeavour partners the opportunity to refine local deployment approaches as well as understand and model the complex and busy road network in the city. Project Endeavour […]
Self-driving cars to travel up to 37 mph on motorways
Self-driving cars will be allowed to go up to 37 mph on motorways before a driver has to take control, the Government has confirmed. It said the first driverless vehicles could be on the road network by the end of this year. Following a ‘landmark’ call for evidence, the government has set out how vehicles fitted […]
Chinese autonomous driving trial breaks new ground
Chinese autonomous driving company XPeng, has completed a ‘record-breaking’ road trip along China’s east coast with its autonomous cars as part of trials to show how autonomous systems perform in real environments. XPeng used a fleet of its electric P7 models to cover the 3,670-kilometer route from Guangzhou to Beijing in one week. The cars […]
