The document discusses the history and development of self-driving car technology. It provides timelines of major milestones from Da Vinci designing a self-propelled cart in 1500 to Google launching its self-driving car project in 2009. The document also discusses how autonomous vehicles work using sensors like RADAR, LiDAR and computer vision. Finally, it discusses the potential impacts of autonomous vehicles and mobility-as-a-service, including lower transportation costs, increased road safety, and significant economic benefits.
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How They Work
There are several systems that
work together to control a self-
driving vehicle.
Autonomous cars sense their
surroundings with technology
such as RADAR, LiDAR, GPS,
and computer vision.
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1500
Da Vinci designs a self-
propelled cart capable
of moving without being
pushed
1925
Francis P. Houdina
develops a radio-operated
automobile, named
American Wonder
1966
Stanford Research Institute’s
Artificial Intelligence Center
develops the world’s first
mobile robot, SHAKEY
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1977
Japan’s Tsukuba Mechanical
Engineering Lab develops
an autonomous car capable
of speeds up to 18.6 mph
1986
The Eureka PROMETHEUS
Pan-European project is
launched by then
Daimler-Benz
1987
Ernst Dickmanns creates
VaMoRs, a car outfitted
with two cameras, eight
16-bit Intel microprocessors
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1994
As a result of Eureka, Daimler-Benz and Ernst
Dickmanns create VaMP and Vita-2, twin robot
vehicles. They manage drive 600 miles in standard
traffic.
2004
The Department of Defense holds the first ever DARPA
Grand Challenge, where the goal is to autonomously
navigate a 142-mile course across the Mojave desert.
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2006 Audi introduces the first car with automated braking.
2009 Google launches its self-driving car project, with the
goal of building an autonomous vehicle by 2020.
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AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES
COULD BE ON THE ROAD
AS EARLY AS 2019.
The Self-driving Car And Mobility-as-a-service (Maas)
Opportunity Has Just Begun.
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ARK estimates that autonomous taxis will cost consumers $0.35 cents
per mile, or roughly half of the all-in cost car owners pay to drive today.
Autonomous Taxis Should Reduce the
Cost of Door-to-Door Mobility Radically
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Global Vehicle Miles Traveled Should Increase
Autonomous taxi platforms will allow the non-driving population, which
includes the blind, elderly, and young teens, affordable and convenient
transportation options.
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ARK Believes Global Auto Sales Volumes
Will Be Lower Than Anticipated
Autonomous cars will likely cause a shift away from personally owned
vehicles, which will depress global auto sales volumes in the coming decades.
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Autonomous Taxis Should Boost U.S. GDP
By 2035, ARK predicts that autonomous taxis will add more than
$2 trillion to U.S. GDP.
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Auto Accident Rates Should Decline By Over 80%
ARK expects auto accident rates to decline by over 80% as robots take the
wheel from drunk and distracted drivers. Globally, ARK expects 5.5 million
deadly accidents will be avoided by 2035.
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The Autonomous Mobility-As-A-Service Market Could
Exceed $10 Trillion By The Early 2030s
In the United States, ARK expects the MaaS market to reach over $700
billion in sales by 2030, or roughly 30 times the size of the taxi industry
today.
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Who Will Win Out?
• MaaS Players
• Original Equipment
Manufacturers (OEMs)
• Semiconductor/
Sensor Manufacturers
• Software Providers
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MaaS Players
MaaS players, like Lyft,
Uber, Didi, Grab, and
Ola, share a market
valued at roughly $109
billion today.
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OEMs such as Tesla,
Volkswagen, BMW,
and Toyota all have
detailed plans for both
autonomous vehicles
and shared autonomous
service.
Original Equipment
Manufacturers (OEMs)
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Semiconductor/
Sensor Manufacturers
Players like Nvidia and
Mobileye that manufacture
key components for
autonomous driving, as well
as tier one integrators like
Delphi and Autoliv may
be well positioned to gain a
share of the autonomous
hardware market.
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Software Providers
Driving data is absolutely
necessary to train
autonomous systems.
While Google has begun
collection, Tesla appears
to be the leader in
autonomous data collection
around the world.
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