Connected and Automated Mobility (CAM) projects receive £150 million government funding

October 15, 2025

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Connected and Automated Mobility (CAM) projects have received new funding from the UK government in the form of £150 million as part of the CAM Pathfinder programme, targeted at growing an industry the government views as key to fostering innovation, enabling autonomous transportation and creating new jobs.

The ambition is to create a £40 billion CAM sector and over 6,500 jobs by 2040. To deliver this, Innovate UK and Zenzic have been tasked with providing the funding for the programme which will run until 2030. Zenzic was set up by both government and industry to support integration of CAM projects, and over the last eight years has distributed hundreds of millions of pounds in funding.

£18 million has already been committed to support 37 projects this year.

Some of the projects supported by funding through this programme include RAMP Ready, an auto-cargo autonomous cargo dolly; Sim4CAMSens2, which is validating new areas to improve sensor modules; and P-Cal, a proof-of-concept for an autonomous container transport system at the Port of Tyne.

One project which has received funding for the Feasibility Studies Competition is eFREIGHT Autonomous, a consortium of members which is exploring the role autonomous HGVs can play in the UK.

It hopes to identify use cases, assess commercial viability, and examine the infrastructure and legislative frameworks that are needed in place to enable autonomous trucking.

Work on the feasibility study will begin in summer 2025, with results expected by early 2027.

By the end of the project eFREIGHT Autonomous will produce a report and government briefing outlining a roadmap for autonomous heavy freight vehicles, with potential opportunities, risks, costs and timescales all taken into consideration.

A consortium member, Berkeley Coachworks, will be developing autonomous HGVs in parallel at its manufacturing site in Pembrokeshire.

Logistics UK’s Deputy Director – Public Affairs Ben Garratt said: “Autonomous technology has the potential to make logistics safer, more efficient and more attractive to work in. This new funding is a welcome step towards realising that potential.”