Vehicle key fobs await assembly at the Aurrigo factory in Coventry, Britain, January 18, 2023. REUTERS/Phil Noble
COVENTRY, England (Reuters) - UK auto supplier Aurrigo International Plc made a conscious decision nearly a decade ago to develop slow-moving autonomous vehicles (AVs) in order to conserve cash, which has led to a focus on automating baggage dollies for loading planes at airports.
"We decided on day one we couldn't make something that would travel at 70 miles an hour and go everywhere," said David Keene, chief executive of Aurrigo, which is based in Coventry, part of England's automotive heartland. "We just didn't have the capital because we thought that would take billions."
