China Claims Breakthroughs in Autonomous Vehicles

New America Strategist and Senior Fellow Peter W. Singer wrote with Thomas Corbett on China's claims of new breakthroughs on autonomous vehicles:

Autonomous vehicles represent an estimated $2 trillion global market, and are expected to triple in value over the next decade. They are not just the future of transportation, but also have massive applications for the intelligent systems at the center of both U.S. and Chinese military plans. In this economic and military race for the future, the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Shanghai Institute of Microsystems and Information Technology (SIMIT) claims to have made two new breakthroughs toward overcoming one of the most crucial speedbumps: autonomous vehicles’ ability to perceive their surrounding environment and track movements. Their gains in the “brain” of autonomous vehicles are significant, as they come amidst other fast-paced developments with the “eyes” of vehicles, and signal substantial progress in China’s quest for autonomous vehicles.

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