Why We're Still Facing A Long Road To Autonomous Vehicles

Each company differs when it comes to their intended path. Google is approaching self-driving technology head on -- their strategy will likely mimic their approach to Android technology: licensing software to other hardware manufacturers. Google uses LiDAR technology, a complicated system of lasers and sensors that, as of this writing, is the most accurate form of autonomous tech. But it's expensive, and would require mass production to be affordable to consumers. Tesla, on the other hand, is taking a different approach by perfecting autopilot tech before branching out to totally autonomous vehicles. Recent news of the first passenger death in a Tesla may have deterred some, but advocates of autonomous tech emphasize that accident rates in a self-driving world will likely be far lower than they are today.