Jaguar Land Rover tests self-driving valet parking in UK

A JLR employee oversees the automaker's self-driving systems during tests in the UK.

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LONDON -- Jaguar Land Rover has tested its self-driving valet technology in the UK. The system allows cars to find a space and park themselves.

The trials took place on open public roads in Milton Keynes outside London as part of JLR's work with UK Autodrive, a consortium testing self-driving vehicles and connected-car technologies.

"Reducing the everyday stresses of driving - like squeezing into a tight parking place - means that we can all focus on the more enjoyable aspects of our cars," Joerg Schlinkheider, JLR's chief engineer for automated driving, said in a statement.

JLR also tested technology which alerts drivers when an emergency vehicle is approaching and notifies motorists when another connected car brakes, helping to potentially avoid accidents.

In a potential blow to the technology expected to transform transportation worldwide, an Uber self-driving car hit and killed a woman crossing the street in the U.S.

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