Autonomous driving is a huge topic. Especially in Germany, where the car is the holy grail of freedom, it's being discussed a lot. Many people own a car. A lot of them only because there is no other infrastructure to use, e.g. in the countryside. But what if there was?

Autonomous driving could be an answer because human drivers actually don't scale as well as vehicles. And the traditionally inflexible concepts of public transport will be revised with more intelligent approaches. There are a lot of working concepts where intelligent algorithms create synergies.

A change in that sector towards automation is not only the next technical evolution but a necessity if we want to reach our sustainability goals.

There are around 250.000 taxi drivers in Germany. Adding 100.000 bus drivers and 35.000 rail vehicle drivers. The number of customers will grow, while (my prediction) none of these jobs will be left in twenty years.