Car industry players diverge on timescale for self-driving cars

Reuters -------- Carmakers and suppliers gave widely differing timelines for the introduction of self-driving vehicles on Thursday, showing the uncertainties surrounding the technology as well as a split between cautious established players and bullish new entrants. Chipmaker Nvidia (NVDA.O), facing direct competition with the world's top chipmaker after Intel's (INTC.O) $15 billion deal to buy autonomous driving technology firm Mobileye (MBLY.N) this week, gave the most optimistic predictions. Chief Executive Jen-Hsun Huang forecast carmakers may speed up their plans in the light of technological advances and that fully self-driving cars could be on the road by 2025. To learn more click on the picture below to read the article.