COMMENT: The global reality of autonomous driving by 2020

Vehicle manufacturers have a clear and bold ambition: the self-imposed finish line for their race to autonomous vehicle commercialisation has been set as 2020. Indeed, time recently spent with OEMs in Japan highlighted that not only is autonomous driving high on the agenda at senior management level, but that the technology is developing rapidly and will certainly be a reality in time for the end-of-the-decade deadline.