Jason Ford

Manufacturer chosen for autonomous vehicle trial

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Autonomous electric vehicles that are set for trials in Milton Keynes next year are to be manufactured by Coventry’s RDM Group.

The company was selected by the Transport Systems Catapult (TSC), which is managing the Low Carbon Urban Transport Zone (LUTZ) Pathfinder project, a scheme aiming to demonstrate the potential of autonomous vehicles, cloud-enabled mobility and transport on-demand services.

RDM Group will now work with Oxford University’s Mobile Robotics Group (MRG) to create the three test vehicles, which will carry up to two passengers and reach a top speed of approximately 7mph whilst travelling on the pavements of Milton Keynes.

In a statement, David Keene, CEO at RDM Group said: ‘The LUTZ Pathfinder project represents an opportunity for us to showcase our technical abilities in advanced vehicle design, development and build to both a UK and global audience.’

RDM will undertake the manufacture of the pods at its new £400,000 advanced engineering centre in Coventry and is planning to complete the first vehicle by the end of this year.

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