Solihull's Self Driving Shuttle

Solihull Council’s state-of-the-art self-driving shuttle goes through another round of on-road trials.

14:02 20 March 2023

The latest on-road trial of Solihull's self-driving shuttle has seen the state-of-the-art vehicle ferrying passengers around Birmingham Business Park on the 13th of March. This most recent deployment forms part of a wider council-led project that aims to test how Connected Autonomous Vehicles (CAV) can be integrated into the borough's transport network safely and seamlessly in the future. 

Councillor Ian Courts, Leader of Solihull Council, said: “CAV technology has the potential to revolutionise the way we get around our towns, cities and rural areas and, Solihull is playing an increasingly important role in this emerging sector.

“We’ve already carried out a series of successful pathfinder trials here in Solihull which are showing how it is possible, taking a safety-first approach, to practically start incorporating autonomous vehicles into our future transport infrastructure.

“The results of this trial will provide further knowledge and experience of self-driving vehicles in a real-world environment, helping to inform our future mobility services and highway infrastructure design across Solihull and the wider region

“Alongside the exciting opportunities CAV technology represents in terms of improving future transport and connectivity, this emerging industry also offers our well-established local research and advanced manufacturing sector huge potential for further economic growth in our borough and across the West Midlands.”