# UK government extremely keen on autonomous vehicles
**URL:** https://community.electricforum.com/t/uk-government-extremely-keen-on-autonomous-vehicles/6201
**Category:** EV Small Talk
**Created:** [July 13, 2016, 7:05am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/uk-government-extremely-keen-on-autonomous-vehicles/6201 "2016-07-13T07:05:32Z")
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### Author:  [@Editor](https://community.electricforum.com/u/Editor)
#### Post date: [July 13, 2016, 7:05am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/uk-government-extremely-keen-on-autonomous-vehicles/6201/1 "2016-07-13T07:05:32Z")
While the political environment in the UK is “volatile” to say the least same cannot be said of the U.K.’s appetite for autonomous vehicles. So far the government has put forward tens of millions of pounds in funding to assist companies looking into research and development in this area. Indeed the concept of autonomous vehicles […]
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### Author:  [@EvForum](https://community.electricforum.com/u/EvForum)
#### Post date: [July 13, 2016, 9:48am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/uk-government-extremely-keen-on-autonomous-vehicles/6201/2 "2016-07-13T09:48:24Z")
The UK government is ready but are the motoring public?
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### Author:  [@tmark938](https://community.electricforum.com/u/tmark938)
#### Post date: [July 13, 2016, 9:50am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/uk-government-extremely-keen-on-autonomous-vehicles/6201/3 "2016-07-13T09:50:46Z")
Not half as keen as Elon Musk is - he will get it right but not sure he should have rolled it out in beta form.
What does everyone else think?