Already shaken by the public anger over losing jobs to trade and offshoring, the U.S. is bracing for another major disruption — autonomous vehicles. “An average American has more than 50 computers around him — from toaster to dish washer, TV to printer,” Mr. Rajkumar says. In 2008, when General Motors and CMU set up a joint venture lab, Mr. Rajkumar became its head. He took members of the U.S. Congress and senior officials of the Transport Department around Washington in a driverless car in 2014. It will be a few years before consumer vehicles become driverless and Mr. Rajkumar is an absolute optimist about the promise it holds.

Source: The Hindu February 18, 2017 19:07 UTC