People think that Google is the main company pushing autonomous car technology forward. I somehow suspect it is actually Bosch who is most serious about it. They are a real car company but without the image problem of producing a car that very intentionally lacks "pure driving pleasure", as the car adverts stupidly say.
I’m keeping an eye on you Bosch!
Update 2017-03-22
Bosch Video with Angela Klein, project lead for AV group in Palo Alto.
Update 2017-04-23 Although rare, sometimes people do not understand what I mean when I talk about the Orwellian language used by auto makers. Here is a beautifully stupid example of the kind of marketing Bosch will not need to rescind in order to champion cars that need no driving.
Update 2017-09-01