article_snippet: Motoring groups welcomed the policy and urged The RAC
article_snippet: ‘plug-in’ hybrid vehicles, which can be charged from the mains but also run on conventional fuel.
article_snippet: ‘green’ cars and the conventionally-fuelled alternatives.
article_snippet: Britain will become a world-leader in the development of driverless cars thanks to a £100million boost from the Chancellor.
article_snippet: This announcement was welcomed by Jaguar Land Rover, which hailed a policy that will ‘help create the smarter and more connected cars of the future’.
article_snippet: Two driverless car pilot schemes are already under way in Greenwich and Bristol.
article_snippet: Much of the technology – from automatic parking to radars that scan for pedestrians or cyclists and can slam on the brakes – already exist in the latest cars on the road.
article_snippet: However, new research is aimed at making driverless cars both safe and socially acceptable.