At CES 2017, the frenzy over self-driving cars is palpable

At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, South Korean automaker Hyundai shows off its self-driving car. Crowds gather to see a BMW concept vehicle at the BMW Group news conference Wednesday at CES in Las Vegas. LAS VEGAS -- Not that long ago, checking in on the state of self-driving car technology meant asking Google's engineers how they were doing. The search company was virtually alone on the autonomous car highway. But in the last four years, that road has gotten crowded.