The only companies named in the article are Google, Apple, and GM. What&#x27;s &quot;big on the horizon&quot; for tech and auto companies? Autonomous transportation.<p>After &quot;horse-and-sun-powered agrarian economy&quot; and &quot;electricity-and-motor-powered industrial economy&quot; and &quot;silicon-based information economy&quot;, it seems we&#x27;re going to &quot;automation-based service economy&quot;.