Jaguar Land Rover to test over 100 autonomous cars in Britain by 2020

Driverless test: Jaguar Land Rover will drive the initial research vehicles on a new 66 km test route on motorways and urban roads near its headquarters and plants in central England. — Reuters

LONDON: Britain's biggest carmaker Jaguar Land Rover said it will create a fleet of more than 100 research vehicles over the next four years to test autonomous and connected technology, with the first models to hit the streets later this year.

Jaguar Land Rover, maker of Range Rover 4x4s and sportier luxury saloons, will drive the initial models on a new 66 km test route on motorways and urban roads near its headquarters and plants in central England.