(FILES) This file photo taken on October 11, 2016 shows technicans analysing data following the trial of an autonomous self-driving vehicle in a pedestrianised zone, during a media event in Milton Keynes, north of London, on October 11, 2016. A driverless, electric car is only a swipe away in the cities of the future, where pollution clampdowns and rapid advances in technology will transform the way we travel, despite lagging infrastructure. As more and more countries announce a phasing-out of pure petrol and diesel cars, early versions of tomorrow's models are already on the streets: hybrid cars, fully electric motors and vehicles that can partially drive themselves. / AFP PHOTO / JUSTIN TALLIS
British finance minister Philip Hammond is to announce £75mil (RM412.42mil) funding for Artificial Intelligence and plans to put driverless cars on UK roads by 2021, in his budget speech.
Hammond will announce regulation changes to allow Britain's driverless car industry, which the government estimates will be worth £28bil (RM153.87bil) by 2035, to get cars on the road within as little as three years, according to extracts of the budget released by his office on Sunday.
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