Honda's finally going in on self-driving car development

Self-driving car development is potentially the biggest trend gripping the automotive world, and unsurprisingly, nearly every major automaker has outlined some sort of bold strategy to be among the first autonomous systems to hit the roads.

Honda, one of the biggest automakers in the world, has been one of the least active players in the game.  A recent report ranking the entrants in the self-driving development space listed the Japanese company at the back of the pack at 15, well behind the rest of its more traditional peers. Honda also hasn't been part of any of the blockbuster deals that have shaped the field, outside of a reported partnership with Google's Waymo to provide cars for development. Read more...