5 Reasons Driverless Cars Are the Next Big Thing

By Chris Neiger – Aug 5, 2016 at 8:44AM

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Tesla, Honda, Ford, and the U.S. government are all making bets on self-driving cars -- here's why.

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Self-driving cars are already here, and they're making their mark on both the technology and transportation sectors.

Honda Motors (HMC -2.21%) and Tesla Motors (TSLA 4.96%) already have semi-autonomous vehicles on the market (though Honda's costs about $40,000 less), and Ford (F 0.69%) says it will have a fully autonomous car on the market in the next five years.

These companies -- along with Apple (AAPL 0.52%) and the U.S. government -- believe that self-driving cars will not only make driving safer, but that they'll also bring massive cost savings and create a new shared mobility market.

Click on the video below to find out the five key reasons driverless technology is taking off.

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