Feb 17, 2021 · Some US$80 billion invested in autonomous vehicles or related core technologies between August 2014 and June 2017: Cameron F. Kerry and Jack Karsten, “Gauging investment in self-driving cars,” Brookings, October 16, 2017; Amir Efrati, “Money pit: Self-driving cars’ $16 billion cash burn,” The Information, February 5, 2020; Crunchbase