Government’s focus on driverless cars is at expense of other automated technologies, says Lords committee

The UK government is too focussed on driverless cars, when the early benefits are likely to appear in other sectors, such as marine and agriculture, the House of Lords Science and Technology Select Committee has warned in a report on its inquiry into connected and autonomous vehicles (CAVs).

The report points out that CAV development is a fast-moving area of technology and the government has much to do, alongside industry and other partners, to position the UK so that it can take full...

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