Which countries are testing driverless cars?

At auto industry events like the Geneva Motor Show, the question looms of when cars will be able to drive themselves. But first the technology has to be tested. Here’s where such tests and research are happening around the world. Click on the icons to learn more about each test. Major auto industry players like Volkwagen, Ford and Audi have been conducting autonomous vehicle tests for years, and several top executives have promised fully self-driving cars by 2020. Recently, Tesla’s Elon Musk made headlines by saying the company would debut a fully autonomous car in the next two years. Switzerland has played host to several autonomous vehicle tests, with a city bus in Sion and a car in Zurich. Driverless vehicle tests in Europe tend to focus on public transport, while those in countries like the United States with large driving distances more often involve private cars.  But the tests haven’t gone off without incident: recently, one of Google’s autonomous cars ...