The Sensor: Legal Insights Into Autonomous Vehicles - January 2019

The past five years have been marked by tremendous advancements in the autonomous vehicles industry. The testing and deployment of autonomous vehicles has been heavily concentrated in G20 economies. Many countries, or groups of countries, including the United States, China, the United Kingdom, the European Union, Australia, and Japan continue to jostle for leadership in the autonomous vehicles space. An even greater number of original equipment manufacturers, technology companies and countless start-ups are developing, testing and deploying autonomous vehicle technology across these countries with an eye on the huge profits to be made (the autonomous vehicle market is projected to be worth seven trillion dollars in 2050).