Driverless-Car Outlook Shifts as Intel Takes Over Mobileye<br />Mr. Shashua said publicly that Mobileye was unhappy with the way Tesla was using its technology.<br />With the $15.3 billion deal, which closed Tuesday, Intel gains instant credibility because Mobileye already supplies technology to most major automakers<br />and is a leader in areas like digital mapping and sensors.<br />And last year a public split arose between Mobileye<br />and Tesla after an Ohio man was killed in Florida while driving a Tesla Model S with Autopilot engaged.<br />But Intel is betting that it can reshape the competitive landscape with its acquisition of Mobileye, which makes cameras, sensors<br />and software that enable cars to detect what is ahead.<br />“Intel now has a very big footprint in all parts of the autonomous vehicle, the brains, the sensors, the information<br />side, the mapping,” said Mike Ramsey, a Gartner analyst who tracks the development of self-driving cars.
