IN THE PIPELINE

CURRENTLY Audi, BMW, Ford, General Motors, Hyundai, Mercedes-benz, Nissan, Peugeot, Renault, Toyota, Tesla and Volvo (among a few others) are all developing autonomous vehicles, or at least autonomous technologies. Automotive component giants like Bosch and Delphi are also working on off-the-shelf autonomous technology to sell to car companies in much the same way as they sell electronic chassis-control systems.

Aside from Google other techbased, rather than automotivebased companies, are also working on autonomous vehicles. In Singapore, for example, techcompany Nutonomy plans to have self-driving taxis commercially available as early as 2018.