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april 17, 2019 - Jaguar Land Rover

JAGUAR LAND ROVER FINDS THE TEENAGERS WRITING THE CODE FOR A SELF-DRIVING FUTURE


  • Fully-autonomous vehicles will require an estimated one billion lines of code – compared to just 145,000 needed to land on the moon in 1969
  • Tomorrow’s engineers are already learning to code at school to prepare for self-driving future and bridge the skills gap
  • Land Rover 4x4 In Schools programme is inspiring future talent to offset global STEM skills shortage
  • Almost five million more people with specialist digital skills needed globally by 2023

Whitley, UK. 16 April 2019: Tomorrow’s engineers are learning to code self-driving vehicles of the future today thanks to the unique Land Rover 4x4 in Schools programme.

Self-driving cars will require an estimated one billion lines of computer code1 – almost 1,000 times more than the 145,000 lines required by NASA to land Apollo 11 on the moon2. To meet the growing need for more coders to deliver these future autonomous and connected vehicles, Jaguar Land Rover is looking to inspire the next generation of software engineers.

The talented teenagers competing in this year’s Land Rover 4x4 In Schools Technology Challenge world finals - a global education enrichment initiative aimed at encouraging young people to take up STEM careers  - were able to write 200 lines of code in just 30 minutes, to successfully navigate a scale model Range Rover Evoque around a 5.7-metre circuit.

We’re in the midst of a digital skills shortage – the UK alone requires more than 1 million software engineers to fill the growing demand for roles requiring a knowledge of coding, software engineering or electronics. "Digital skills are vital to the economy, which is why the IET is proud to support initiatives like the Land Rover 4x4 In Schools Technology Challenge to ensure we inspire, inform and develop future engineers and encourage diversity across STEM subjects from a young age. If we are to safeguard jobs for the next generation, we must equip the workforce of the future with the skills they will need to engineer a better world.

DAVID LAKINHEAD OF EDUCATION FROM THE IET

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