The 16 stocks UBS believes will be the biggest winners from driverless cars

The rise of the robotaxi - fleets of futuristic looking autonomous cars carrying people around cities and beyond - threatens to bring mass cheap and efficient transport to the world's roads.

That's good for consumers, but what about business? Well, some stand to benefit more than others, according to UBS, which estimates they will be half the price of owing a car and will compete against the mass public transport of today.

Analysts at the investment bank have collated their pick for winners and losers from across multiple sectors - from cars brands to insurers, power companies to chipmakers.

Positively	Negatively
Daimler	PSA
VW	FCA
Michelin	Schaeffler
Valeo	Autoliv
Conti	United Utilities
LG Chemical	Severn Trent
Samsung SDI	Seagate
Infineon	Johnson Matthey
Texas Instruments	EMS-Chemie
Fortum	SKF
EDF	Sandvik
Flex	Admiral
Umicore	Allstate
Siemans
Allianz
ArcelorMittal

"Carmakers will likely have to reinvent their business model and expand into new areas such as fleet management, asset management, telecoms and media," said the report, while electric cars should give them a boost.

It will be challenging for these "super-tankers" to change course, it notes, but picks Daimler and VW as the most prepared due to their efforts in "mobility" and the latter taking a stake in Gett. Peugeot Citroen (PSA) and Fiat Chrysler (FCA) are the least prepared, with UBS citing low brand equity for the former and the latter's "fast follower strategy".

When it comes to insurers the bank predicts a "very large" reduction in motor premiums. They are largely prepared for this shift, though not all are safe.

"Given the magnitude of the change in our forecast in our base case in this report. Such a scenario would lead to a major de-rating of the sub-sector and likely lead to som e companies in the sector going under," it said.

In terms of suppliers, tyre maker Michelin was identified as the big winner. UBS predicts that the number of kilometers driven globally is set to increase with the rise of robotaxis.

Also pegged as winners are those relate to electric cars - LG Chemical and Samsung SDI - while semiconductor companies Infineon, Texas Instruments and TSMC also stand to benefit most with the sector a critical one to making robotaxis happen.

Even utilities will be impacted. UBS pegs EDF benefiting because it's "highly sensitive to power price/demand changes" said the report.

Meanwhile, the chemical industry which counts automotives as one of its main end markets, is unlikely to benefit in the long term, unless it is also dipping its toe in batteries.

"As robotaxis could support new car production in the medium term, this shift could prove a small positive overall for the next five years, but we would regard a drop in new car production longer term as a major threat for the broader chemicals space," said UBS.

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