Driverless Nissan Leaf completes Britain’s longest autonomous trip GlobeBusiness
A modified driverless Nissan Leaf stops during its first demonstration on public roads in London on Feb. 27, 2017.A Nissan car has completed a 230-mile journey autonomously in Britain, the longest and most complex such trip in the country as car makers race to develop driverless technologies which are revolutionizing travel.
The Nissan Leaf vehicle undertook the 370 km journey from the Japanese car maker’s European technical centre in Cranfield, southern England, to its Sunderland factory in the north east, alongside conventional road users.It included roads with no or minimal markings, junctions, roundabouts and motorways, using advanced positioning technology helped by GPS, radar and light detection and ranging equipment, allowing vehicles to navigate roads and obstacles.
The project, known as HumanDrive and led by Nissan as part of a consortium, also received government funding.
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