Fools Rush in to Cover Driverless Providers

Another sign that driverless technology has become commonplace — stock analysts are following the field as another major industry description, like automotive or finance or utilities.

Motley Fool’s David Williamson, usually their healthcare analyst, has begun covering the sector, writing up a brief overview of the field, along with a snapshot of Tesla.

This week Williamson posted a piece with recommendations on visual technology experts Mobileye and auto-parts supplier Delphi. Williamson notes that these are two of the firms most likely to capitalize on the growth of driverless vehicles, as they will create the technology and/or sell it to the auto OEMs.

Similarly, Driverless Transportation compiled profiles of the companies in its D20 Stock Index, which includes the major publicly-traded firms in the driverless/connected/autonomous sector.

At this time, the D20 is an indicator of the state of the industry, you can’t trade it, and the profiles are introductions to the firms and their products, along with some financial background, there’s no thumbs up or down on the stock. The French auto supplier Valeo was just profiled, joining write-ups on Mobileye, Nokia and several others.

Graphic by Dave Gough, 2006.