History

Here’s a very brief history of Cars Of The Future, from 2018 to date:

2025

The third Awards is the biggest yet, displaying the Enviro100AEV bus alongside the evolvAD Nissan LEAF, Ohmio LIFT and a Starship delivery robot.At MOVE,Neil participated in a 1-2-1keynote with Wayve’s Kaity Fischer, and we published our second magazine.

2025

2024

To support Neil again hosting the AV stage at MOVE, we produce our first Cars OfThe Future magazine. November sees the second annual Self-Driving Industry Awards covered by the BBC, with delegates and locals riding in our Vehicle of the Year, the OhmioLIFT shuttle.

2023

Cars OfThe Future website visitors, newsletter subscribers and social numbers almost double. We renew our partnership with MOVE (which sees Neil host the AV stage), are invited to the Self-Driving APPG, and organise the inaugural Self-driving Industry Awards.

2023

2022

The welcome return of face-to-face meetings and live events post-pandemic. We renew with Reuters for Auto Tech and sign further media partner agreements with London EV Show and MOVE. In April, we publish our first newsletter – the top story is CAVForth.

2021

As the pandemic continues, we sign multiple media partnership agreements, notably with Reuters Events. These see Neil moderating high profile panel discussions on ADAS, clean fuels and self-driving. Cars Of The Future social numbers continue to climb.

2021

2020

Cars OfThe Future is recognised as a Zenzic CAM Creator. During lockdown for Covid we approach other CAM Creators for interview, leading to a new strand of industry expert long-reads. These prove popular and broaden our content, from ‘cars, cars, cars’ to CAM.

2019

Cars Of The Future is officially launched. We use Google Alerts to track global self-driving news, highlight key developments and provide a UK perspective. We promote informed opinion, voices of reason in an area plagued by hyperbolic headlines.

2019

2018

Neil Kennett writes his “Autonomous Now” cover story for The Institute of the Motor Industry magazine, and – following a wide range of passionate but often misinformed feedback – identifies an urgent need for a new UK-centric self-driving news source.