Infographic: Everything You Wanted to Know about Autonomous Vehicles

Autonomous vehicles were first contemplated in the 1920s as the infographic below, from Visual Capitalist, shows. Only recently, due to advances in technology, have self-driving cars been able to overcome three primary engineering challenges: sensing the surrounding environment, processing information, and reacting to that environment. According to the consulting group BCG, there will be millions of self-driving cars on the road by 2035, creating a multi-billion dollar market and reshaping the auto industry and no doubt the fuel industry as well as the technology is coupled with electification and ride sharing.