In 1987, Europe played host to the largest ever R&D project on driverless vehicles. The Prometheus Project pulled in €749m in funding from the intergovernmental organisation Eureka — which included 20 European countries like the UK, France, and Germany at the time — and was supported by dozens of car makers as well as academic institutions.
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