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<p>Since 2014, the Department for Transport has allocated £10.85m to research and
development relating to automated vehicles. This includes £7.75m of funding towards
the 4 Cities Driverless Cars project, and £3.1m towards the lorry platooning trials
on the Strategic Road Network.</p><p> </p><p>Overall, the Government is investing
over £250m in connected and autonomous vehicle technologies, up to 2021, with the
remainder coming through the Department for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy.
This is being match-funded by industry: its purpose is to create a world leading testing
and development ecosystem in the UK. To date, this funding is supporting 73 collaborative
R&D projects and 4 capital testing infrastructure investments.</p>
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