The EU is afraid your self-driving car could become a digital political weapon

As Europe moves towards all-digital transport, the risks and roadblocks become apparent

The EU is two years on from the launch of its plan to create a digital single market. Earlier this month, the president of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, said the concept of a single unified cross-border marketplace was “not something dreamt up by crazy global engineers”, but rather an “economic necessity”.

As part of the commission’s strategy, we’ll see the abolition of roaming charges from summer 2017, and a modernisation of copyright ...