Autonomous vehicles to drive round London’s streets in major driverless car test

The cars – with safety drivers ready to take over, for now – will make their way around two London boroughs to see how the scheme run by a British artificial intelligence company could work.

Autonomous technology firm FiveAI has started testing five self-driving cars in Bromley and Croydon as the latest step in its plans to eventually roll out an autonomous, car-sharing service in London.

The company hopes to begin passenger trials in 2020.