Automakers Ford and GM Are Beating Google, Uber, and Tesla to the Self-Driving Car
Ford and GM both score in the low to mid 80s on the technology front; it's their old-school skills that float them to first and second place. It acquired ride-sharing service Chariot and invested in Velodyne, a company producing lidar, the laser scanning tech many argue isnecessary for self-driving cars. The Ford Motor Company Despite Uber's high-profile self-driving pilots in Pittsburgh, Tempe, Arizona, and San Francisco, the company wallows near last place thanks to low grades for distribution, product portfolio, and staying power—and because makes Uber makes neither cars nor money. "It's a lot easier for the company that actually has the infrastructure to create vehicles to recreate what Uber's done, than the other way around," Abuelsamid says.
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