Germany has the research expertise, a car production ecosystem and even test tracks for autonomous driving. After a short loop, the vehicle brakes on its own at the destination, where a crowd waits to also get a first taste of autonomous driving. Its concept involves a "swarm" of lightweight autonomous cabs handling short trips and first-and-last-mile connections. In Hamburg, transit operator Hochbahn is deploying about 20 autonomous vehicles in partnership with HOLON and Volkswagen subsidiary MOIA. But it cautions that autonomous driving won't solve Germany's traffic and land-use problems if it simply replaces the country's 48 million private cars one-for-one.