Global Self-Driving Cars and Light Trucks Market Shares, Strategies, and Forecasts 2017-2023

Apple, IBM, and Google are Sure to be Among the Significant Software Vendors

DUBLIN, July 24, 2017 /PRNewswire/ --

The "Self-Driving Cars and Light Trucks: Market Shares, Strategies, and Forecasts, Worldwide 2017 - 2023" report from Wintergreen Research, Inc has been added to Research and Markets' offering.

Self-driving car and light truck commercial market shipments forecasts indicate that markets beginning to develop in 2016 will rise to $3.6 trillion by 2023.

Worldwide markets are poised to achieve significant growth as self-driving cars and light trucks permit users to implement automated driving. Fleet vehicles from Uber, Google and similar users are likely to be the early adopter groups. Tesla, Mercedes, and Audi are among the vendors with a leadership position in the personal luxury vehicle self-driving car markets,

Every car maker seeks to participate in this self-driving personal vehicle market. The ability to do so depends on implementing next generation technology that is very expensive to get working. Vendors ae seeking to work together to set standards and develop shared modules that provide basic functionality. Cameras, sensors, artificial intelligence software, and LiDAR are among the modules being developed.

Autonomous vehicle technology has the potential to institute major change in personal mobility. Autonomous cars are the next generation of manual cars, poised to provide thrust for a large replacement market. Autonomous vehicles are the base for building a personal car services, particularly in large cities. Carmakers and Silicon Valley companies bring different skills to the task of building a self-driving car. Together they are finding common ground to transform the personal vehicle industry. One thing they are unlikely to transform is performance.

Apple, IBM, and Google are sure to be among the significant software vendors for all the self-driving car and light truck market participants. IBM has a huge head start with its excellent middleware branded integrated solutions that are hardened and reliable. Google has mindshare and early market success with its early market trials.

Key Topics Covered:

1. SELF-DRIVING CARS AND TRUCKS MARKET DEFINITION AND MARKET DYNAMICS
1.1 Autonomous Cars Provide More Efficient Traffic Infrastructure And Greater Safety
1.2 Advanced Technology
1.3 Legal Hurdles Remain
1.4 Urban Move to Mega Cities
1.5 Self-driving Car Enabling Technologies

2. SELF-DRIVING PERSONAL VEHICLES MARKET SHARES AND MARKET FORECASTS