Shadow Chancellor Philip Hammond is expected to announce measures promoting the development of driverless and electric vehicles in this week 's budget speech to the House of Commons . The measures are likely to include regulatory changes allowing manufacturers to test autonomous vehicles on public roads without a backup human driver . £ 100 m ( $ 220 m ) Finance minister Philip Hammond wants self-driving cars to roam British streets in 3 years -- that's not a lot of lead time when companies like Nissan only recently started conducting public tests. will be set aside for incentives to buy electric vehicles , while a £ 400 m ( $ 529 m ) fund will support new charging stations .
Shadow Chancellor Philip Hammond is expected to announce measures promoting the development of driverless and electric vehicles in this week 's budget speech to the House of Commons . The measures are likely to include regulatory changes allowing manufacturers to test autonomous vehicles on public roads without a backup human driver . £ 100 m ( $ 220 m ) will be set aside for incentives to buy electric vehicles , while a £ 400 m ( $ 529 m ) fund will support new charging stations .