New roadmap to put Scotland ‘at the forefront’ of driverless car technology

Scotland is ‘open for business’ for companies to test autonomous vehicles on its roads, cabinet secretary Michael Matheson has announced.

Transport Scotland has revealed a roadmap that it hopes will put the country ‘at the forefront’ of connected autonomous vehicle (CAV) technologies.

However, the organisation says it is still unclear when full autonomy will be feasible, despite a recent report from car industry body the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) suggesting that 95 per cent of vehicles on the road will have connected technologies by 2025.

....The project is in collaboration with various specialist organisations, including the UK’s largest bus manufacturer Alexander Dennis, bus service operator Stagecoach, and Bristol Robotics Laboratory.