The Fast Lane: What Driverless Cars Mean for Innovation and Risk

It's coming quickly down the road: a world where we can get in a car anytime we want to but don't own one. Where accidents are drastically reduced, and we don't have to worry about dangerous drivers on the road. Where we can join conference calls or draft a report on our morning commute. Cars are changing more quickly and drastically now than at any other point in their history. And it's no wonder: from 2014 to 2017, start-ups, automakers and other stakeholders invested an estimated $80 billion into autonomous vehicle (AV) technology.