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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…
Self-driving vehicles will help deliver passengers and cargo in and around Sunderland, after two projects based there were awarded a share of £81 million in joint government and industry support for self-driving transport technology. £42 million in g…
A huge HS2 bridge which was constructed by the M42 has been moved into position over the motorway. It took 40 hours to guide the 12,600-tonne bridge into place on a guiding raft travelling at 4mph.
Over the last six months, the 86-metre long structure …
Christmas travel
A perfect storm of heavy rain, motorway collisions, and rail strikes is creating travel misery for thousands attempting to drive home for Christmas, as congestion worsens across the UK.
Accidents on the M1 and flooding which ha…
Two companies have been fined after a heavy goods vehicle (HGV) driver suffered fatal chest injuries while unstrapping a load on a trailer.
Andrew Bayley-Machin, 41, of Park Drive, Cheadle, Stoke-on-Trent was fatally crushed when he was hit by a pack o…
Councils across Merseyside have confirmed their gritting situations as icy roads cause mayhem.
The ECHO has previously reported on the “chaos” on Merseyside roads due to the weather conditions. With delays to public transport, motorists were urged to t…
Snow and ice weather warnings have been extended across the UK after the record for the coldest night of the year so far was broken for the second night in a row. The Met Office has extended a yellow snow and ice warning covering northern Scotland and …
The UK has experienced its coldest night of the year so far, with temperatures in Scotland dipping below minus 15C. Braemar in Aberdeenshire recorded minus 15.7C overnight, the Met Office said.
Stansted Airport had to delay all flights while Heathrow a…