A fleet of driverless cars will travel from London to Oxford in 2019

Britain is at the forefront of driverless vehicles technology with autonomous shuttles and self-driving cars being tested in the streets of London. Now, the UK government has announced plans to have cars traveling autonomously from London to Oxford in 2019. Driven, a consortium led by Oxbotica, received £8 million in funding from a total of £13 million invested by the government in this area. While Oxbotica is already conducting self-driving shuttle trials in London, the aim is to develop a fleet of autonomous vehicles to travel long distances on British motorways within the next 30 months -- with safety drivers on board as a backup. Tests are being conducted at RACE, a robotics centre in Oxfordshire run by the UK Atomic Energy Authority, which has 10 kilometers of roads, junctions, roundabouts, and even traffic lights and pedestrian crossings.