A self - driving
vehicle needs sensors to see where it's going and a highly accurate global positioning system to know its exact location — and that's where
startups like Quanergy (a laser sensor maker) and Swift Navigation (a GPS chip maker)
come in.
The CEO of General Motors, Rick Wagoner, says that, when it
comes to the large - scale manufacture of electric
vehicles, GM will ultimately beat out the dozens of electric -
vehicle startups that have recently started racing to sell green cars.