Statista's Katharina Buchholz reports that, according to the Statista Mobility Market Insights, "regular" cars made up a minority of only 19 percent of newly registered cars around the globe in 2020.

The transition to autonomous-ready cars has been a quick one: In 2015, cars without assistance systems were still in the majority at 45 percent of all newly registered ones.

There are six different automation levels for passenger cars in the classification SAE J3016 by standards developer SAE International, four of which are included in the chart. Autonomous driving ability is displayed as levels 0 to 5. In levels 1 and 2, the autonomous driving functions assist the drivers (so-called assisted mode). Automated driving provisions of of level 3 are now entering regular production, while level 4 is expected by 2025.