Taxis may lead autonomous car wave in five years

The fattest barrier to the adoption of self-driving cars will be legal issues, not the technology itself, according to a Delphi Automotive executive.

Jeff Owens, Chief Technology Officer and Executive Vice President at the Gillingham, U.K.-based supplier, expects the very first cars managed totally by computer technology on city streets within five years, but for the general public it could be ten years away. Continue reading Taxis may lead autonomous car wave in five years