{"id":2356,"date":"2017-11-21T18:51:43","date_gmt":"2017-11-21T13:21:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.autofacets.com\/insights\/?p=2356"},"modified":"2020-08-17T15:29:08","modified_gmt":"2020-08-17T09:59:08","slug":"driverless-cars-will-be-fully-operational-on-uk-roads-by-2021-says-philip-hammond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.autofacets.com\/insights\/driverless-cars-will-be-fully-operational-on-uk-roads-by-2021-says-philip-hammond\/","title":{"rendered":"Driverless cars will be fully operational on UK roads by 2021, says Philip Hammond"},"content":{"rendered":"
We can’t ‘hide from change’, he says<\/em><\/h5>\n

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AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES\u00a0<\/strong>will be fully operational and on UK roads in four years’ time, chancellor Philip Hammond has said.\u00a0Talking to\u00a0the BBC<\/a><\/em>, the\u00a0Hammond said we will have “fully driverless cars” without a safety attendant on board in use by 2021.<\/p>\n

“Some would say that’s a bold move, but we have to embrace these technologies if we want the UK to lead the next industrial revolution,” he said on the BBC’s\u00a0Andrew Marr Show<\/em>\u00a0just days before he’s due to announce regulation changes in Wednesday’s Budget – which will allow developers to apply to test driverless vehicles on UK roads.<\/p>\n

When asked if the introduction of driverless vehicles could trigger the loss of hundreds jobs for drivers, Hammond said the country could not “hide from change” and the government had to equip people with the skills “to take up new careers”.<\/p>\n

The UK government has said the autonomous vehicle industry will be worth \u00a328bn to the British economy by 2035 and will support 27,000 jobs.<\/p>\n

However, many are dubious. Former Top Gear host and full-time arsehole Jeremy Clarkson recently\u00a0wrote\u00a0in\u00a0the Sunday Times<\/em>\u00a0that we are “a very long way off” the rolling out of driverless cars. After experiencing two incidents that apparently could have killed him\u00a0 while travelling in a self-driving car, he deducted: “For now, we’re miles away from it” after he<\/p>\n

Nevertheless, Hammond’s announcement on\u00a0the BBC<\/em>\u00a0comes not long after Korean tech giant\u00a0Samsung revealed<\/a>\u00a0it’s the latest company to get the go-ahead to test self-driving cars in California.<\/p>\n

However, focusing on technology with an algorithm specific to navigating safely in adverse weather conditions, the company said it has no ambitions towards the car market, but will more than likely be looking at the value of its components for wholesale to the growing number of autonomous driving manufacturers.<\/p>\n

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This may take the form of an in-car driving experience to rival the likes of Android Auto, leveraging its recent purchase of Harman, manufacturers of audio for a wide variety of use cases.<\/p>\n

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Author –\u00a0Lee Bell<\/a><\/p>\n

Courtesy of\u00a0The Inquirer<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We can’t ‘hide from change’, he says   AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES\u00a0will be fully operational and on UK roads in four years’ time, chancellor Philip Hammond has said.\u00a0Talking to\u00a0the BBC, the\u00a0Hammond said we will have “fully driverless cars” without a safety attendant on board in use by 2021. “Some would say that’s a bold move, but we <\/p>\n

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