IDTechEx asks: How close are we to autonomous cars
BOSTON, Dec. 13, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — In the past decade, progress continues in the development and deployment of autonomous driving technologies, as we see market leaders like Google’s Waymo have achieved the milestones in on-road testing of their self-driving fleets, and companies like Tesla announced ambitious plans to commercialise robotaxi services in geo-fenced areas by 2020. Meanwhile, we have also seen GM delaying its plan to launch robotaxi services by the end of 2019 as it is not going to be able to validate the safety and performance in time. Autonomous driving is inevitable, but to achieve mass deployment of autonomous cars without onboard safety drivers on the public road is going to take time given the technology readiness, cost of autonomous driving systems as well as regulations.