KPMG has published a new research report, “Connected and Autonomous Vehicles: The UK Economic Opportunity”, which predicts that 320,000 jobs could be added to the UK’s automotive industry through the uptake of driverless cars. The report has also forecasted that the vehicles could be worth up to £51 billion a year to the UK economy.
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