Autonomous driving market overview

Autonomous driving is one of the most sought-after market in tech right now. Along other major changes in the automotive industry such as electric vehicles, connected cars, or ridesharing, autonomous driving is at the heart of what is considered to bethe second inflection point of mobility with a promise of a greener, safer, more convenient, and cheaper transportation. Indeed, just like we turned from horses to cars about a 100 years ago, mobility is slowly turning from mechanical transportation machines to supercomputers on wheels; creating a new land of opportunities for outsiders to come in and for balances of power to shift drastically in a trillion dollar automotive industry. "Autonomous driving is at the heart of what is considered the second inflection point of mobility." Since autonomous driving activities kicked off with the DARPA challenge in 2004, the ecosystem became a lot larger and fiercely competitive with OEMs and tier 1 suppliers now joined by internet companies, TELCOs, electronics manufacturers, and a large crowd of startups.