This task, of letting cars and pedestrians know what mode the car is in, will be extra important going forward, which is why Hyundai already mentioned it for the Ioniq. And if we were guessing, this type of display would look sweet on the not-for-US Staria minivan.
In the busy cities of the near future – and on most roads, really – it would be helpful to know which cars are driving themselves. That’s not to say we would NEVER step off a curb when an autonomous car was approaching, but we’d probably speed up our gallop a little, just in case. And once these cars are talking to each other via V2V communications, sharing data will be even more important, to both humans and vehicles.