Transport and Logistics Network
16 February 2023
£81 million in funding has been granted to projects across the UK aiming to develop driverless buses, taxis and lorries.
The investments include zero-emission HGV trials for Asda, plus a similar mission for Nissan HGVs carrying Van…
A brand new self-driving mode of transport is coming to Edinburgh, and it is the first of its kind worldwide.
The Government has boosted more than £10 million into the driverless bus project that will allow transport for more than 10,000 passengers a w…
Projects to develop driverless buses, taxis and lorries around the UK have received £81m in funding.
© Google One of the projects involves a shuttle from Sunderland Interchange
They include trials of HGVs running between car maker Nissan and parts com…
A £6.6m grant to develop and deliver an autonomous zero-emission HGV has been awarded to a consortium lead by EG Group-backed hydrogen-powered vehicle maker Hydrogen Vehicle Systems (HVS).
The Hub2Hub consortium is planning to deliver a self-driving…
Five self-driving buses are to take to the roads as part of a new pilot scheme by the Government. The buses will operate in Scotland from spring.
The single-decker buses will transport passengers between Ferrytoll park and ride in Fife and Edinburgh Pa…
The world’s first large-scale, self-driving bus is one of the latest projects being funded by the UK Government.
Combined Government and industry funding – totalling £81m – is being made available for commercial self-driving passenger and freight servi…
A Royal Mail lorry crashed off the M1 in Northamptonshire this morning after a car hit the central reservation, Northants Live has learned. The crash, which has shut the route for several hours, happened shortly after 3.30am.
Police have now released s…
A motorist has been taken to a hospital trauma centre with “serious injuries” after a horrific crash with a lorry on the M1 to the south of Leicestershire. The motorway has been shut a few junctions south of Lutterworth since the early hours of this mo…
Leicestershire pub-goers could be in with a chance of winning a £10K cash prize if they book a table for the upcoming Guinness Six Nations tournament. The giveaway is being organised by pub company and brewer Greene King together with Guinness.
To ente…
For any culprit looking to speed away from the police, this was the car they would fear to see. With its top speed of 168mph, the Lotus was once the fastest police car in Britain.
The £55,000 vehicle was the first elite sports car to be used by a UK po…