You won't be able to have a fully autonomous car of your own for at least a few more years, but the race to develop the best technology is already tearing up the asphalt.
According to Bloomberg Business , Google plans to start small by deploying its multi-sized autonomous fleet in confined areas like college campuses, military bases, and corporate office parks.
Countless other automakers have semi-autonomous systems in the works - like GM's Super Cruise , debuting next year - and many are pointing to 2020 as a turning point for fully self-driving rides.
Tesla, Nissan, Mercedes Benz, Nissan, BMW, and others are all permitted to test self-driving cars in California, which has become a hotbed for autonomous testing in recent years.
High-definition maps are key to a successful self-driving car project; Uber is building up its mapping division in parallel to its self-driving unit, the former staffed with ex-Google employees and the latter with Carnegie Mellon University engineers .