The Ministry of Transport has outlined the timing of the spread of self-driving cars on the roads

Unmanned traffic on Russian roads will become familiar in about five years. This was announced on April 28 by the Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation Roman Starovoit.

"I am absolutely convinced that time will pass very quickly. I think it will be a year or two, up to five years, when such a movement will become commonplace for us. Today, we have such advanced technologies, and unmanned movement, not only in the air, but also on the ground," Starovoit said at the Znanie marathon. The first ones." His words are reported by TASS.

The Minister stressed that the rules of the road and legislation for unmanned vehicles are already changing.

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On April 18, the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation announced that it is planned to bring self-driving cars to public roads in Russia by 2027. The tests of driverless trucks were successful, but it is still necessary to refine the technology and agree on the rules. The main goal is to create uniform rules and infrastructure for the safe use of autonomous transport, the ministry noted.

Prior to that, on April 10, it became known that cargo unmanned vehicles will begin mass production at KAMAZ in 2028. The Naberezhnye Chelny auto giant has provided three unmanned vehicles for moving in the Moscow region — two MAYAK-1 trucks and a second-generation MAYAK-2 car.

On April 9, the Central Ring Road (CKAD) in the Moscow region began moving trucks in a completely unmanned mode.