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Infographic: Everything You Wanted to Know about Autonomous Vehicles

03.08.17 | Blog | By:

Autonomous vehicles were first contemplated in the 1920s as the infographic below, from Visual Capitalist, shows. Only recently, due to advances in technology, have self-driving cars been able to overcome three primary engineering challenges: sensing the surrounding environment, processing information, and reacting to that environment. According to the consulting group BCG, there will be millions of self-driving cars on the road by 2035, creating a multi-billion dollar market and reshaping the auto industry and no doubt the fuel industry as well as the technology is coupled with electification and ride sharing.

Courtesy of: Visual Capitalist