Technology, infrastructure and collaboration…are you ready for autonomous driving?

Jaguar Land Rover develops a smart city hub to thoroughly test self-driving vehicle technology.

The smart city zone provides a first-class facility for global companies to work together and grow the world-leading technology, from autonomous vehicles to connected infrastructure.

The testbed provides an opportunity to test in the real world and help answer some of the questions posed by the future of mobility in a collaborative and efficient way.

·         A road network that is retrofitted with interconnected state of the art sensing and telecommunication technologies, are fully accessible and controlled via a dedicated control centre.

·         The target users/customers of the facility include national and international automotive & technology providers that are interested in testing their innovations in real-world settings before the product release phase.

·         It will feature smart junctions, connected roads, autonomous parking and electric vehicle charging as well as links to a 450km stretch of connected highway and a managed air traffic corridor for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) from Shannon airport along the Shannon estuary in Ireland.

·         The Jaguar I-Pace – the worlds first premium all-electric performance SUV, will be used for testbed trials.