Even if self-driving cars never make it to the streets in large numbers — or if they are deployed only in geofenced areas — the huge amount of money invested in the technology will have benefits that could improve all vehicles. Take, for example, the car’s doors.
A visit to the North American headquarters of Brose (BROH’-sah), just north of Detroit, drove home the point that nearly every part of the car will change as self-driving technology matures.