Autonomous drive reality check creates new decade of opportunities for start-ups

Developing the self-driving vehicle is a gargantuan effort, requiring expertise in everything from sensing, to actuation, to artificial intelligence (AI) and software. Even ethics has become an important consideration, with the prospect of autonomy birthing up-to-date variations on the classic trolley problem. It is therefore unsurprising that suddenly, an entire industry of start-ups has emerged in the hope of lending their niche expertise to the incumbents.