SELF-DRIVING CARS – IS THE FUTURE REALLY THE PRESENT?

Abstract

Industry 4.0, the current technological revolution, includes the appearance of self-driving cars throughout the world. Developing this transport innovation has become an important goal for most automotive and software developing companies alike. They are competing with each other to reach the fully self-driving car, which can work on any road safely in all environments under any circumstances. The evolution of technology is bringing huge transformation, including changes in mobility and in vehicle usage patterns, which means a major challenge for the society. In connection with self-propelled cars it is important to focus on catching up with people as they will be users in the future.

This research gives an insight into the topic of self-driving cars and its present, through the main companies. We examine people's attitudes along with their positive and negative effects and the study provides a comprehensive overview of the Zalaegerszeg automotive test track and their effects are examined within a deep interview.