Great informative post. Thank you for sharing.

>So what exactly will the future hold? Do you think self-driving cars will actually become the new norm?

I think that IOT is the future of technology. That's why self-driving cars are going to be the new norm. However, this trend doesn't progress solo. All things need to be connected to each other and system can work properly. If not, there will be so many accidents because of light bulbs, humans etc. This is the most critical issue for self-driving cars I think.
Upvoted & Resteemed to discuss deeply.