From bikes to autonomous buses - how we move in the future is likely to be different to how we move today.
Solihull Council is working to understand how the roads of the future need to look. Across a wide portfolio of projects that stretches from new cycling and walking links, to trialling emerging zero emission autonomous vehicle technology, work to help shape the future is under way.
Over the next 18 months this Connected Autonomous Vehicle (CAV) pathfinder project will see the Council work in partnership with a range of organisations to demonstrate real-world uses and learn about the technology with the aim of understanding how in the future residents and visitors might be offered new means of zero emission shared transport and an alternative to single occupancy car journeys.
The trials will utilise a state of the art fully electric shuttle, capable of seating up to ten passengers, and operating both manually and autonomously on the public highway.
Working with the NEC, the first ground-breaking passenger trials in Solihull took place throughout September and the latter half of October 2021.
Building on the success of this initial deployment further trials have also been completed at Birmingham Airport.
Birmingham Business Park Trial
Our electric autonomous shuttle is currently taking part in passenger trials at Birmingham Business Park. To find out more about this deployment or to book a ride visit our booking page.
