50 mind-blowing implications of driverless cars – Startup Grind

As Uber rolls out its first self-driving taxis in Pittsburgh, Tesla and Mercedes roll out limited self-driving capabilities and cities around the world negotiate with companies who want to bring self-driving cars and trucks to their cities, I thought it might be interesting to think through the implications of a fully implemented self-driving transportation network. Depending on who you listen to, a driverless world could happen as soon as 3 years or as far out as 20 or 30 years or more. Below are my thoughts about what a driverless future will be like. What could happen when cars and trucks drive themselves? Transport will delivered as a service from companies who own fleets of self-driving vehicles. There are so many technical, economic, safety advantages to the transportation-as-a-service that this change may come much faster than most people expect Software/technology companies will own more of the world's economy as companies like Uber, Google and Amazon turn transportation into a pay-as-you-go service.