Land Rover Heads Toward Hands-Free Off-Roading With Robo-SUVs

The maker of the Range Rover is working on self-driving technology capable of handling all types of terrain and weather as part of a 3.7 million-pound ($4.9 million) project, Jaguar Land Rover Automotive Plc said Wednesday. The goal is to combine acoustic sensors, cameras, radar and LiDAR technology to enable a car to assess and react to its surroundings, according to the unit of India’s Tata Motors Ltd. “The expectation is that from the middle of the next decade onwards, we’ll see some features rolling out” that would enable autonomous driving in off-road conditions, Nigel Clarke, a JLR research manager, said in an interview.