Solihull Council and the SCALE consortium have announced that the latest phase of the Solihull & Coventry Automated Links Evolution (SCALE) project will go live this week [Thursday 5 February].
Reportedly, the SCALE consortium’s fleet of autonomous shuttles will begin operating along the full 7km route between Resorts World, the NEC (including access to Birmingham International Train Station), and Birmingham Business Park (BBP).
Until now, the deployment had stopped before the busy Bickenhill Parkway roundabout, making this latest phase the most ambitious real-world operation of the shuttles to date.
Additional support for this latest deployment is being provided by Liftango, who specialise in demand‑responsive transport, fixed‑route, and carpool systems.
Their UK‑based team is supporting the operational delivery of the deployment, providing real‑time vehicle coordination, passenger trip scheduling, dynamic routing and live shuttle tracking.
Ohmio CEO, Dean Zabrieszach, said: “Launching the full 7km SCALE route is a major step forward for autonomous transport in the UK.
“Moving beyond a campus environment and operating across a live, mixed-traffic network demonstrates.
“We are proud to be working alongside Solihull Council and the SCALE consortium to show how autonomous mobility can deliver practical, accessible and sustainable transport solutions that people can experience the maturity, safety and real-world readiness of Ohmio’s autonomous shuttle technology.”
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