TOKYO -- With autonomous-driving technology looking like the next big thing in the automotive industry, major companies in fields from technology to electronics and telecommunications have been teaming up with self-driving startups, investing aggressively and jockeying to take control of the latest developments.
Japan's KDDI, Sony and others have invested around 3 billion yen ($28.4 million) in Tier IV, a university-affiliated startup that develops and sells operating systems for self-driving vehicles.
