Self-Driving Vehicles Could Be on Britain’s Roads as Early as 2025

A row of Google self-driving Lexus cars outside the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, Calif., on May 13, 2014. Eric Risberg/AP

Cars, lorries, and coaches with self-driving features could be operating on Britain’s motorways next year and fully autonomous vehicles could be a feature on the roads by 2025 under plans unveiled on Friday.

The Department for Transport, which is injecting £100 million worth of investment, published a policy paper that said the self-driving vehicle industry could create up to 38,000 jobs and be worth £42 billion to the UK economy.