Tesla, Google, Mobileye Spur Insurers’ Interest In Self-Driving Cars

Tesla ‘s ( TSLA ) earnings are due out after the bell Wednesday, and new data from Sentieo shows that moves from Tesla, Google parent Alphabet ( GOOGL ), and Mobileye ( MBLY ) have significantly boosted other companies' interest in self-driving cars. Sentieo, a research platform for hedge funds and buy-side firms, collected data from some 9.4 million filings made by over 10,000 public companies, looking for any mention of self-driving cars over the past decade. The finding showed, not surprisingly that interest is up, but it spiked recently, growing 8.5 times in the past 2 years .