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Self-driving vehicles will be ready to roll next year, though the work to make them affordable to individual consumers is still “in the first inning,” according to the CEO of a company working on the technology.
Initial autonomous auto customers will be businesses deploying delivery vehicles and robot taxis, Kevin Clark, chief executive officer of Aptiv Plc, said in an interview Monday. Companies are motivated to eliminate the cost of drivers and better equipped to afford expensive self-driving tech than consumers.