Industrial group Horiba has acquired Mira, a partner in UK Autodrive—one of the groups carrying out tests of driverless cars under a £19mn government scheme—for an undisclosed sum, the Financial Times reported on 14 July.
Mira operates one of the largest independent testing grounds in the world, used by manufacturers of motorised vehicles.
George Gillespie, chief executive of Mira, said the deal would allow the firm to invest in its facilities, including a technology park in the Midlands that it wants to turn into Europe’s biggest transport hub by 2022. “Having a parent who is global will accelerate the globalisation of what we do”, he added.