Business leaders will have to rethink their entire operations as autonomous vehicles become available from the second half of this decade. Yesterday’s science fiction will become fact within months, thanks to the Government’s decision in June to accelerate the rollout of self-driving vehicle trials. Self-driving vehicles reduce carbon emissions by 20 to 30%, thanks to granularly-planned routing and highly optimised energy consumption that eliminates harsh acceleration, braking and speeding, said Marsden. The Oxa Driver autonomous technology can be retro-fitted and is vehicle agnostic, opening the door to completely new funding and fleet management options. Insurers will also need convincing that autonomous vehicles do not present any greater risk than human-driven vehicles.