Autonomous vehicle trial, Cambridge - 16 Jun 2021 (P1080624)

Wednesday 16 June 2021 (1046) – During June 2021 trials of driverless shuttle vehicles were carried out in west Cambridge as part of a Government funded project through Innovate UK conducted by the Greater Cambridge Partnership, Smart Cambridge and engineering firm Aurrigo Driverless Technology.

The trial location was based on the Madingley Road Park and Ride site with vehicles operating to the nearby physical science and technology site of Cambridge University mainly along Charles Babbage Road to the Cavendish Laboratory.

In the background is one of the driverless trial vehicles, Aurrigo BD20 RJU. In the foreground Whippet Coaches WG110 (BT66 MVJ) sports an ironic message considering. That bus is a Wright Eclipse bodied Volvo B8RLE new in December 2016 parked between trips on service U.