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The driverless car has been a high-tech dream for decades. Now that broadband connectivity, cloud computing, and artificial intelligence are increasingly available, autonomous cars should go mainstream in the near future, provided certain technical and regulatory milestones are reached. But another issue that must be addressed before self-driving cars can reach critical mass is the issue of data. Specifically, the data analysis and storage requirements of autonomous cars present challenges beyond the capabilities of most current big data solutions.