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Passengers travel on full-size self-driving bus in UK first

Passengers have travelled on a full-size self-driving bus for the first time in the UK. Operator Stagecoach said 22 volunteers were taken on a journey by its autonomous single-decker over the Forth Road Bridge near Edinburgh on Thursday as part of ...

20 Jan 2023 at 12:23

UK’s first self-driving electric bus unveiled

The UK’s first self-driving electric bus service has been unveiled as part of a project to explore “the art of the possible”. First Group said it will analyse how passengers, drivers, other road users and pedestrians respond to autonomous buses ...

23 Jan 2023 at 19:08

World’s first self-driving bus service launches next month

Full-size, self-driving buses will begin public services next month in what is believed to be a world first. Stagecoach announced the ground-breaking scheme over Scotland’s Forth Road Bridge will launch on May 15. It will cover a 14-mile route ...

04 Apr 2023 at 10:57

Safety concerns raised after approval of hands-free driving system

Safety concerns have been raised about the time it will take motorists using self-driving technology to put their hands on the steering wheel in an emergency, after a new system was approved. Ensuring drivers take control quickly enough to ...

14 Apr 2023 at 11:51

Labour warns over job losses in wake of driverless cars

Job losses as a result of self-driving cars cannot be allowed to replicate the “ravages of deindustrialisation”, Labour have warned. During the second reading of the Automated Vehicles Bill, Transport Secretary Mark Harper told the ...

05 Mar 2024 at 16:54

Self-driving cars: Government rejects claim its safety ambitions are ‘weak’

The Government has rejected claims by MPs that its proposed safety aspirations for self-driving cars are “too weak”. In its response to a Transport Select Committee report, the Department for Transport (DfT) said its proposed aim ...

24 Nov 2023 at 11:26

World

General Motors’ autonomous vehicle unit recalls cars after pedestrian hurt

General Motors’ Cruise autonomous vehicle unit is recalling all 950 of its cars in the US to update software after a pedestrian was dragged to the side of a San Francisco street in early October. The company said in documents ...

08 Nov 2023 at 11:42

Self-driving bus project to test journeys without staff on board

A project developing what the Government believes will be the world’s first full-size self-driving bus service will test if smaller vehicles can operate without a staff member on board. The Department for Business, Energy ...

01 Feb 2023 at 10:56

Motoring News

Electric hypercar-maker Rimac sets sights on robotaxi market with fully autonomous Verne concept

Rimac, the manufacturer of the Nevera electric hypercar and major shareholder in the Bugatti Rimac joint partnership, is set to enter the autonomous ride-hailing market with its unique driverless Verne vehicle. Based on ...

27 Jun 2024 at 15:36

World

GM to retreat from robotaxis and stop funding autonomous vehicle unit

General Motors (GM) has said it will retreat from the robotaxi business and stop funding its money-losing Cruise autonomous vehicle unit. Instead, the Detroit car maker will focus on development of partially automated ...

10 Dec 2024 at 22:48

Trials of self-driving taxis to launch in England next year

Self-driving taxis and services similar to buses will be permitted on England’s roads from spring 2026. The Department for Transport (DfT), which made the announcement, said this was a year earlier than previously ...

10 Jun 2025 at 10:50

Uber to launch self-driving taxis in London next year

Uber has announced it will launch self-driving taxis in London from spring 2026. The ride-hailing app company will operate services in partnership with artificial intelligence (AI) start-up Wayve. This has been ...

10 Jun 2025 at 16:55

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