Volvo will test driverless cars on London roads next year

Selected Volvo drivers will be able to put the car inro a self-driving mode in certain parts of London. Driverless cars are coming to the streets of London, with Volvo announcing plans to put autonomous vehicles in the hands of real people on the UK capital's roads. The scheme, dubbed Drive Me London, will begin in early 2017 and comes alongside autonomous vehicle testing on the congested roads of China, as well as the streets of Gothenburg in Volvo's native Sweden, as the car manufacturer looks to research the practicalities of driverless cars in live environments. "We're trying to understand how to bring the technology of self-driving cars to the real world and we believe that the real world is the best place where you can learn," Erik Coelingh, senior technical leader for safety and driver support technologies at Volvo, told ZDNet. Starting in January, autonomous vehicles will be tested on UK roads in up to three cities.