Asia's Rise as a Global Autonomous Vehicle Hotbed

Ultimately, autonomy is only one piece of the growing mobility phenomenon in Asia. The environment has spawned a series of innovations that are unique to the regions' mobility evolution – a result of the collision of an emerging digital society, a rising middle class, and legacy third-world infrastructure. For this very reason, autonomous vehicles will enabled three distinct opportunities in mobility – vehicle-as-a-destination, mobility-as-a-service, and superapp platforms. It is no surprise that with several opportunities for innovation in hardware, software, and business models, new players like tech giants, connected car developers, and e-commerce companies – not traditional automakers – are taking center stage in the region's development and deployment of autonomous vehicles.