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A Midland autonomous vehicle specialists has been given a big export boost after securing orders worth more than £1.5m from across the world.

Coventry-based Aurrigo, which has created ten new jobs over the last year, has seen demand for its driverless pods soar following the successful completion of major trials in the º£½ÇÊÓƵ and Australia.

The trials proved its technology can deliver safe and efficient ‘first and last mile’ transport solutions.

Sales have come from customers in Australia, Canada, Finland, Singapore and the US, with the latest deal seeing one of its ‘Pod Zeros’ heading to China.

This growth takes Aurrigo’s annual sales up to £4.2m and, with a strong pipeline of future orders in place, the company is predicting a further £6m of contracts between now and the end of 2020.

Chief executive David Keene said: “Our Pod Zeros have been in development for several years and, thanks to trials with º£½ÇÊÓƵ Autodrive, Blind Veterans º£½ÇÊÓƵ and Elliot Gardens in Australia, we have been able to refine the autonomous technology on real world applications.

“This has helped us prove to potential customers across the globe that we offer a viable, safe and cost-effective solution for ‘first and last mile’ transport issues and our pods are now in operation at universities, airports and innovation districts.

“There has even been talk about putting one of them into a shopping centre in the Middle East.”