The automotive industry is frantically trying to develop self-driving cars, and Silicon Valley technology providers have leapt at this new opportunity. There is tension between the old-guard automotive suppliers (the Tier 1s, 2s, and 3s) and these new entrants, with early partnerships appearing a little forced. Bosch or Continental would love to be supplying the complete solution, but because they don’t have the in-house capabilities of the likes of Nvidia and Intel’s Mobileye, they are forced to partner – at least until they can find a way to source their own rival silicon. The ‘black box’ approach offered by the likes of Nvidia and Mobileye, where an automaker can’t see under the hood of the chip’s operations, has made some…