London's first driverless cars will be these airport-style pods
If you hadn't noticed, the autonomous motoring revolution is almost upon us, and the first self-driving cars to arrive on the streets of London are going to be based on the shuttle pods currently in use at Heathrow Airport. The adapted vehicles will be involved in limited trials in Bristol, Coventry and Milton Keynes as well as Greenwich in south-east London. Unlike the ones at Heathrow Airport, they'll be free from tracks - although a steward is going to be on board at all times to stop the pods in an emergency.