Nissan Performs Uk's Longest And Most Complex Driverless Car Trip


A Nissan car has completed a 230-mile journey autonomously in Britain, the longest and most complex such trip in the country as carmakers race to develop driverless technologies which are revolutionising travel. The Nissan LEAF vehicle undertook the 370 km journey from the Japanese carmaker’s European technical centre in Cranfield, southern England, to its Sunderland factory in the north east, alongside conventional road users.

Nissan has previously said Britain’s flexible approach to testing autonomous vehicles helped it pick London for its first European tests in 2017 when a driverless vehicle travelled up to 50 miles per hour. “Safely completing the longest autonomous drive in Britain is an incredible achievement for Nissan and the HumanDrive consortium, and a huge step towards the rollout of driverless cars on UK streets,” said junior business minister Nadhim Zahawi.