United Kingdom, Feb. 26 -- Self-driving car company Wayve is confident that its autonomous vehicles will be able to "really drive anywhere" on UK roads.

The British startup has raised an additional $1.5 billion from investors - including both Microsoft and the chip giant Nvidia - one of the largest-ever funding rounds from a UK company.

This comes as Wayve prepares to launch robotaxis in London later this year as part of a partnership with Uber.

The firm's boss expressed confidence that self-driving vehicles would soon be on the roads in a host of other locations.

Wayve CEO Alex Kendall told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "We've taken it throughout Wales, Scotland, rural parts of England and the complexities of driving it through cent...