The Autonomous car is a complex topic, different technical fields like: Automotive engineering, Control engineering, Informatics, Artificial Intelligence etc. are involved in solving the human driver replacement with an artificial (agent) driver. The problem is even more complicated because usually, nowadays, having and driving a car defines our lifestyle. This means that the mentioned (major) transformation is also a cultural issue. The paper will start with the mentioned cultural aspects related to a self-driving car and will continue with the big picture of the system.