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A driverless shuttle owned by Solihull Council and designed and built in Coventry has made its debut in the grounds of a UK airport for the first time. Aurrigo, which employs more than 70 people at its Advanced Engineering Centre, will deploy its 10-seater Auto-Shuttle alongside live traffic on the roads of Birmingham Airport. The company has mapped out a route that will initially transport...
Black Country training organisation BCTG has won government funding of £875,000 to support 285 people into new jobs by running a skills boot camp for HGV driving. The funding runs until March 31, 2022, and BCTG is working with delivery partners, PDT Fleet Training, SID Training and Parker Ryan Training in running courses in the West Midlands and East of England. Skills boot camps include...
One of Coventry’s leading manufacturers will showcase its latest autonomous technology at the Global Investment Summit taking place in London tomorrow. Aurrigo, which employs 70 people at its Advanced Engineering Centre in the city, is part of a ‘green dozen’ that have been selected due to their ability to drive the UK’s sustainable future. The company will have its electric-powered 4-seater...
A Worcestershire winter maintenance and snow clearance company has made a significant investment into its fleet and equipment as it prepares to make hundreds of businesses winter-ready. Cowsden-based AA Salt has completed a £189,000 one-year investment programme as it expands its work to help businesses keep their premises safe by gritting and snow ploughing car parks and access roads in the...
The UK’s leading authority on autonomous transport has secured a ‘local authority’ first after it sold an Auto-Shuttle to Solihull Council. Aurrigo, which designs, develops and builds a host of autonomous vehicles at its Advanced Engineering Centre in Coventry, has supplied the £250,000 fully autonomous and electric shuttle as part of ground-breaking passenger trials currently being delivered at...