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october 10, 2018 - Land Rover

SELF-DRIVING RANGE ROVER RUNS AUTONOMOUS RINGS ROUND COVENTRY

  • First self-driving journey on challenging Coventry Ring Road completed by a Range Rover Sport
  • Vehicle can handle junctions, slip roads and lane changes – all autonomously at 40mph speed limit
  • Trials are part of £20 million government-funded #uk Autodrive project that ends this month
  • Jaguar Land Rover plans to make self-driving vehicles a reality for customers within 10 years

A Range Rover Sport has completed the first ever self-driving lap of one of the UK’s most challenging road layouts. A prototype self-driving Range Rover Sport handled the complex Coventry Ring Road, successfully changing lanes, merging with traffic and exiting junctions at the speed limit of 40mph.

The trial is part of the £20 million government-funded project, #uk Autodrive, which ends this month after a three-year programme. Jaguar Land Rover engineers have completed significant self-driving technology testing on closed tracks before heading onto public roads in Milton Keynes and Coventry.

The Range Rover Sport chosen for its performance and existing features, such as Adaptive Cruise Control, has been modified to include additional navigation sensors, RADAR and LIDAR. Coupled with the #uk Autodrive research, the vehicle can now autonomously handle roundabouts, traffic lights, pedestrians, cyclists and other vehicles on complicated roads. It can also park itself.

The Coventry Ring Road is known for its complicated slip roads and exits. It makes for very challenging conditions, especially when under pressure in the rush hour. Our self-driving car is not impacted by the same pressure, frustrations or fatigue that a driver may experience and so it’s capable of turning a potentially very stressful situation into a completely stress-free one.

MARK CUNDJAGUAR LAND ROVER AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE RESEARCH MANAGER