Britain’s Driverless Car Race Takes Huge Leap as Government Backs Wayve Deal

Britain’s driverless car race takes huge leap as Government backs Wayve deal

Image credit: Wayve The UK Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Wayve aimed at accelerating the development and deployment of self-driving vehicle technology in Britain. The agreement is designed to deepen collaboration between the Department for Business and Trade and the UK-based AI autonomous driving company, with a focus on shared research, safety assurance and moving automated vehicles from prototype testing towards comm…

Government and Wayve to accelerate self-driving in Britain

The government has signed a formal partnership with Wayve, one of the UK’s leading artificial intelligence scale-ups, in a move designed to put Britain at the forefront of next-generation self-driving technology. The Memorandum of Understanding between the Department for Business and Trade and the autonomous driving pioneer aims to deepen collaboration on research, support responsible deployment of automated vehicles, and reinforce the UK’s glob…

UK Government signs self-driving partnership with Wayve

The UK Government has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with London-based autonomous vehicle developer Wayve, setting out a framework for joint research into the responsible deployment of self-driving technology on British roads. Announced on 12 May 2026, the agreement between the Department for Business and Trade (DBT) and Wayve covers collaboration on safety assurance, large-scale simulation, and the integration of full self-driving t…