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Driverless Vehicles are
Coming – and they’re
Coming Fast
Imagine a world where a driverless
vehicle delivers you from your front
door to your office every morning.
No driving, no parking, and no hassle
required. You can work, eat breakfast,
read a book, watch television – or even
sleep – during your commute.
Sound too good to be true? Well,
thanks to modern technology,
driverless vehicles are coming – and
they’re coming fast. Estimates vary
as to when they will dominate the
landscape, but many experts believe
they will be a major presence on U.S.
roads by 2025.
In fact, several automakers, including
Volvo, Mercedes-Benz, Volkswagen/
Audi, Tesla, and BMW, are already
well on their way toward making
the driver’s role less important. Elon
Musk, co-founder and CEO of Tesla, is
planning a coast-to-coast demo drive
in November or December 2017, from
California to New York, with no controls
touched at any point during the entire
journey. Tesla has also announced
that its customers would be able to
summon a car across the country by
2018. General Motors is now testing its
self-driving Bolt in Arizona, and BMW
and Nissan have joined Mercedes-Benz
in announcing plans to offer cars with
self-driving capabilities by 2020.
With so much growth and change on
the horizon, this technology is sure
to have major implications across
the board, including on corporations.
Although the technology is still a work
in progress, it’s never too early to start
thinking about the impacts the new
technology will have on the workplace.
It’s no wonder these
companies are all
jumping on the
driverless technology
band wagon. Last
year, Goldman Sachs
projected the market
for advanced driver
assistance systems
and driverless
vehicles would grow
from about $3 billion
in 2015 to $96 billion
in 2025 and $290
billion in 2035.
JEFFREY GREEN
Managing Director
Global Occupier Services
Lead - Automotive Sector Group
NEIL GORMAN, MRICS
Partner - EMEA
Global Occupier Services
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