The acquisition underlines how lucrative driverless cars appear for a multiplicity of companies. Automakers like General Motors and Tesla, as well as Silicon Valley tech giants like Alphabet and Uber, are betting on autonomous vehicles as the future of transportation. Sensor makers and radar technology companies, among others, also see a market for their wares. And so what if that market needs a few years to take off? It is still only likely to grow.

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