British self-driving startup Wayve has said its confident its technology will allow autonomous vehicles to "really drive anywhere", including on the UK's sometimes pothole-blighted roads.
The firm has raised an additional $1.5bn (£1.1bn) from investors, including Microsoft and chip giant Nvidia - one of the largest ever funding rounds for a British company.
It comes as Wayve prepares to launch robotaxis in London later this year as part of a partnership Uber.
Its boss said he was confident autonomous vehicles would soon be one the roads in many other locations too.
"We've taken it throughout Wales, Scotland, rural parts of England and the complexities of driving it through central London", Alex Kendall told Today, on BBC Radio 4.
