{"id":17447,"date":"2015-09-17T20:49:55","date_gmt":"2015-09-18T03:49:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2015\/09\/the-uks-first-self-driving-pod-vehicle-hits-the-streets"},"modified":"2017-04-25T00:18:00","modified_gmt":"2017-04-25T07:18:00","slug":"the-uks-first-self-driving-pod-vehicle-hits-the-streets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2015\/09\/the-uks-first-self-driving-pod-vehicle-hits-the-streets","title":{"rendered":"The UK\u2019s first self-driving \u2018pod\u2019 vehicle hits the streets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:none;\" src=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/erjo8yfyD9w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The self-driving vehicle revolution has gotten underway in the UK, with the first of a number of automated \u2018pod\u2019 trial vehicles unveiled to the public in Milton Keynes this week.<\/p>\n<p>The LUTZ (Low-carbon Urban Transport Zone) Pathfinder is a diminutive electric-powered two-seater that\u2019s about half the length of an ordinary car. If you feel the need for speed, however, you may want to look elsewhere for now. The Pathfinder is designed for use in pedestrianised areas, with a top speed of just 24 km\/hr.<\/p>\n<p>One of the vehicle\u2019s main purposes is to help people who wouldn\u2019t otherwise have access to a car to get around in urban environments, such as the young or elderly, disabled people, or simply those who don\u2019t own a vehicle.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/the-uk-s-first-self-driving-pod-vehicle-hits-the-streets\" target=\"_blank\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The self-driving vehicle revolution has gotten underway in the UK, with the first of a number of automated \u2018pod\u2019 trial vehicles unveiled to the public in Milton Keynes this week. The LUTZ (Low-carbon Urban Transport Zone) Pathfinder is a diminutive electric-powered two-seater that\u2019s about half the length of an ordinary car. If you feel the [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":367,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,1491],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-robotics-ai","category-transportation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17447","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/367"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17447"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17447\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45855,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17447\/revisions\/45855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}