A ground-breaking self-driving car trial by ServCity, thought to be the first of its kind in the UK, has been undertaken in Woolwich.Two self-driving electric cars built by Japanese manufacturer Nissan have completed hundreds of laps around a 2.7-mile route featuring busy A roads in Woolwich, south-east London during the past two years. This is part of the ServCity project to identify and overcome barriers to deploying autonomous vehicles in cities, which ends next month. Around 270 cameras inst

A ground-breaking self-driving car trial by ServCity, thought to be the first of its kind in the UK, has been undertaken in Woolwich.Two self-driving electric cars built by Japanese manufacturer Nissan have completed hundreds of laps around a 2.7-mile route featuring busy A roads in Woolwich, south-east London during the past two years. This is part of the ServCity project to identify and overcome barriers to deploying autonomous vehicles in cities, which ends next month. Around 270 cameras installed on the route relay information to the Nissan Leaf cars about potential issues ahead.