#Self-driving

What does the future of driving mean for the future of insurance? As automotive technology continues to evolve, the needs of drivers, automotive makers, and insurance companies will also shift. With researchers predicting the autonomous vehicle market will be worth 400 billion U.S. dollars globally by 2025, and in advanced economies, highways will be nearly driver-free by 2050 1, it’s important to begin digging into the implications of this transformation for your own insurance needs and the future of driving as a whole.

Mercedes is on a five-continent road trip with a specially prepared, self-driving S Class that will culminate at CES 2017 in Las Vegas.

Seventy percent of Millennials say that they do not want to buy an electric car over a traditional car, according to a survey of 157,000 respondents taken by driving-tests.org.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk recently revealed that  every new Tesla will be fully capable of driving itself, and he wants to prove that the technology works by driving one from Los Angeles to New York in 2017 totally autonomously. But there are dozens of challenges standing between Musk and his goal.

Tesla is forcing its drivers to take the wheel following a software update aimed at improving the safety of the automaker’s Autopilot system.

Audi  just revealed a self-driving version of its R8 e-tron electric sports car at the CES Asia show in Shanghai.

California issued its first self-driving car permit for use on state roads today, marking a milestone in the journey toward mass market adoption of the technology.

There will be more to the Tesla Model III when it arrives in 2017 than an “affordable” price and roughly 200 miles of driving range.

Self-driving vehicles are creeping toward public adoption at a not-so-slow pace and the California DMV just announced rules that bring them closer to the mass market.

Autonomous vehicles seem to be in  Ford’s future, as the company has rolled out a self-driving Fusion Hybrid research vehicle, developed in collaboration with the University of Michigan and State Farm.

Many are saying “No thanks, I’ll take the wheel” to the prospect of self-driving cars according to a survey conducted by the ORC International for the Chubb Group of Insurance Companies.

Volvo, the company known for innovating safety, is testing three new features for its life-preserving repertoire: autonomous driving, animal detection and intersection support.