Autonomous vehicle (AV) developers have begun publicly acknowledging the extremely high difficulties of development by updating timelines. With these timelines being set back, the applications of commercially owned Level 4 vehicles will be the most important battleground in the early days of AVs. To understand the potential for commercial AV applications, we map out the key commercial applications for AVs, assess the technology readiness for each, evaluate the business value that each provides, and forecast what the future of that application looks like.
