Information and communication technology (ICT) has emerged a complex discipline, technology ecosystem, toolset, and practice with far reaching ubiquitous applications. Needless to regard it as a disruptive technology anymore as it is more or less a culture of the 21st century humanity. Spanning through the Sciences, Engineering, Business, Arts, Industry, Manufacturing, Agriculture, Production, etc. ICT has become the most reliable tool for sustainability across global economies. In the auto manufacturing industry, the 21st century has witnessed a lot of successes and advancement in automotive technology. The driving power underlying these advancements is ICT. In recent times, modern vehicles are becoming equipped with smart features such as geomapping, navigation, traffic signaling, vehicular tracking, and security. These features are dependent on ICT. This study is aimed at providing a systematic and chronological expository content on the interface that exist among Big Data, Internet of Things (IoT), and autonomous navigation. It discusses the evolution and generations of autonomous systems, the architecture and functions of autonomous systems, the integral information and communication components in modern autonomous systems, as well as the future prospects of Big Data and IoT in sustaining the trend in the development of sophisticated autonomous systems. This study provides useful insights on the interplay between vital Artificial Intelligence, sensing, and transmission technologies which enable the receiving sending, processing of, and utilization, vital data from the autonomous systems immediate environment, routing information, managing obstacles, and automatic responses. It further highlights useful and material use cases and makes case on the ICT best practices for the design of better autonomous navigation systems.

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