Jaguar Land Rover has taken a major step toward its promise of delivering fully autonomous vehicles within 10 years after a self-driving Range Rover successfully navigated a complex public road route in the UK.

The prototype Range Rover Sport, which had been modified to include additional navigation sensors as well as radar and lidar, took to the challenging Coventry Ring Road, which is known for its difficult conditions. The vehicle was able to drive with traffic, change lanes, and handle junctions and exits at the speed limit of 40mph without the need for human intervention.

The trial is part of UK Autodrive – a £20m (US$26.3m) government-funded project that had been running for the past three years and concludes later this month.

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The first on-road trial of autonomous vehicles in New Zealand will enter a second phase in 2018 with the addition of the first vehicle designed and built locally. The ohmio Lift will be trialled on private roads at Christchurch Airport.

Ohmio Automation chief executive Stephen Matthews said this first build of the self-driving ohmio Lift is a significant milestone for the company. “It is proof of our capability and realisation of our world-class driverless vehicle technology, pioneered in New Zealand,” he said.

“We are very excited to partner with Christchurch Airport. Their vison to realise the future allows us to demonstrate ohmio vehicles successfully operating as a first-mile last-mile strategy in the airport context.

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