The impact of self-driving cars will extend beyond transport, as the technology is set to be implemented in areas like road-cleaning and freight delivery.
The issue of autonomous vehicle liability gained significance after an accident in October, which involved one of start-up nuTonomy's self-driving cars.
Start-up nuTonomy has resumed trials of driverless cars in one-north, after a traffic accident involving one of its vehicles on October 18th.
Start-up nuTonomy has put its tests of driverless cars on hold following an accident involving one of its vehicles on Tuesday.
A self-driving car belonging to driverless taxi company nuTonomy crashed into a lorry on Tuesday morning, 18th October at Biopolis Drive.
The world's first driverless taxi trial, run by start-up nuTonomy, has kicked off in Singapore, offering on-demand driverless taxis.
A self-driving Mitsubishi i-MiEV by startup nuTonomy has remained accident-free since April this year, driving in various conditions.
Local start-up nuTonomy expects to start limited commercial service - taking passengers on short trips on demand - by 2018.
Singapore and U.S.A-based start-up nuTonomy gets US$16 million (S$22 million) in funding for the testing of its self-driving vehicles.