Jaguar Land Rover's "highly automated" cars will soon be cruising around public roads in the U.K.

The company has signed on to join the three-year, $7.9 million U.K. Connected Intelligent Transport Environment project. This "living laboratory" of public roads in the U.K. will let car makers test systems that enable vehicles to talk to each other and the roadside infrastructure around them.

The new test test corridor—part of a $28.8 million U.K. autonomous vehicle research investment—includes 41 miles of roads around Coventry and Solihull. A fleet of around 100 smart connected and autonomous research vehicles, including five Jaguar and Land Rover research models, will use the new route to evaluate their tech in real-world driving conditions.

The U.K. is planning to install new roadside communications equipment along the route to facilitate the tests. The fleet will test communication technologies designed to let cars share information at very high speeds with other vehicles on the road and with roadside infrastructure like traffic lights and road signs.

For instance, a technology known as Cooperative Adaptive Cruise Control would allow vehicles to autonomously follow each other in close formation, so road space can be used most effectively. Connected cars could also communicate when changing lanes and exiting, improving safety and overall traffic flow.

Jaguar Land Rover said its research team will focus on testing a range of warning systems that would inform autonomous vehicles about road hazards and changing traffic conditions.

These systems "will improve road safety, enhance the driving experience, reduce the potential for traffic jams, and improve traffic flow," Jaguar Land Rover's Director of Research and Technology, Wolfgang Epple, said in a statement. "These technologies will also help us meet the increasing customer demand for connected services."

One such technology would allow a car to send a warning when it's braking heavily or stopping in traffic, so other vehicles on the road can proactively react. Another would warn drivers about incoming connected ambulances, fire engines, or police cars.

"If we can inform the driver, or the autonomous car, much earlier that an emergency vehicle is approaching, we can ensure that the best decisions are made to move the vehicle out of the way safely and conveniently, to let the emergency vehicle pass by," Epple said.

He said this new "real-life laboratory" will allow the company's research team and other project partners to test their autonomous vehicle tech on five different types of roads and junctions.

"Similar research corridors already exist in other parts of Europe so this test route is exactly the sort of innovation infrastructure the U.K. needs to compete globally," he said.

In the U.S., Virginia last year opened more than 70 miles of highways — including some of the most crowded roads in the country — for autonomous vehicle testing. There is also a 32-acre fake city in Michigan known as M City, where car makers like Ford are testing their self-driving vehicles.

This article originally appeared on PCMag.com.