75 percent of cars will be driverless, by 2035

One day there will be millions of driverless cars on the road, but we’ll have to wait a few decades before it’s a reality.

A new report from Navigant Research estimates that sales of fully autonomous cars will grow from 8,000 per year in 2020 to 95.4 million per year in 2035, or 75 percent of all light-duty vehicle sales.

"Fully autonomous vehicles are unlikely to reach the market suddenly," says David Alexander, senior research analyst with Navigant Research, in a statement. "Instead, progressively more capable systems that can assume control of certain aspects of driving will be introduced gradually. The first features will most likely be self-parking, traffic jam assistance, and freeway cruising — well-defined situations that lend themselves to control by upgraded versions of today’s onboard systems."

By Tyler Falk

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