The Detroit automaker who killed Tesla in new self-driving car rankings

Who’s winning the race to bring self-driving cars to the masses? 

Sorry Elon, a new report doesn’t even have Tesla in its top 10 — instead, auto industry stalwart Ford finished first. 

Navigant Research ranked 18 players in the self-driving game, ranked on a set of 10 criteria determined by the firm. It's an inexact science, especially with intangible concepts like "vision" and "staying power" included for consideration.

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Ford came away with the top spot because of its superior ability to execute on a "fully realized strategy," i.e., controlling the means to actually manufacture cars, according to a blog post that followed the report. That reasoning extended to the other companies leading the ranking, as traditional automakers GM, the Renault-Nissan Alliance, Daimler, and Volkswagen Group rounded out the top five spots.  Read more...

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