Driverless vehicle technology will go mainstream in 2018, experts claim

The coming year will see driverless vehicle technology become part of everyday life in Britain, according to experts. The sector has already seen a sharp acceleration in development over the past 12 months with the Government backing the technology in the last Budget – promising fully driverless cars on the roads within three years.

‘The sign of a developed society is that the affluent use public transport’

Iliffe Media Ltd Future of Transport speakers offer a range of suggestions for Cambridge Cambridge Consultants’ Nathan Wrench at the Future of Transport event with DelivAir. Picture: Mike Scialom A stellar cast of speakers at the Future of Transport also considered what’s happening above ground as transport decisions – so long mired in process – reach a critical decision point.

Meet the entrepreneurs trying to crack Australia

Australia is one of the UK’s most distant markets, but it has much in common with Britain in terms of business practices, language, culture, legal structure, standards and services. Its economy has also continually grown for the past 25 years and the country is near to the rapidly growing Asia-Pacific rim.

Seniors to trial driverless shuttles at IRT Group aged care communities

Aged care provider IRT Group has announced it will be running trials of driverless vehicles at two of its residential communities. The company, which operates 35 sites for seniors across Australia, has partnered with Aurrigo, the Australian subsidiary of UK-based autonomous shuttle firm RDM Group, to launch the trials, which will begin in the first half of next year.