Worldwide orders for driverless pods manufacturer

Aurrigo, the Coventry-based manufacturer of driverless pods, has secured orders worth more than £1.5m for its vehicles.

Deals with customers in Australia, Canada, Finland, Singapore, USA and China have followed the successful trials of the pods in the UK and Australia.

Aurrigo has opened offices in Houston, USA, Ottawa, Canada and Adelaide, Australia as part of its global growth strategy.

This growth takes its annual sales up to £4.2m and, with a strong pipeline of future orders in place, the company is predicting a further £6m of contracts by the end of 2020.

David Keene, chief executive of Aurrigo, said: “Our Pod Zeros have been in development for several years and, thanks to trials with UK Autodrive, Blind Veterans UK and Elliot Gardens in Australia, we have been able to refine the autonomous technology on real world applications.

“This has helped us prove to potential customers across the globe that we offer a viable, safe and cost-effective solution for first and last-mile transport issues and our pods are now
in operation at universities, airports and innovation districts.”

There are currently 30 of the four-seater pods in operation around the world, and the company hopes to double the total next year.

Aurrigo is the autonomous vehicle division of RDM Group, which has been providing advanced automotive technology design solutions to major vehicle OEMs since the mid-1990s.