Contrary to what you may think, a large percent of US motorists would gladly go the extra mile for the fully autonomous technology, or at least that’s what a new study suggests.
Carried out on 1,517 US drivers by AlixPartners, who were presented with the benefits of self-driving vehicles, 73 percent of them admitted that they would completely give up driving.
According to Mark Wakefield, the head of the consulting firm’s automotive practice, 90 percent of the people questioned stated that they would use the technology on their daily commutes, but only if they could occasionally grab the wheel.
“Having some sort of control, where you can pilot the vehicle, seems to be quite important to people. They love the autonomous stuff, but they just want the ability to control it in whatever situations they’re imagining they need that“, Wakefield said, cited by DetroitNews.
Silicon Valley was the top choice (41 percent) when it comes to software development and privacy protection data used in fully autonomous cars, followed by Japanese, US and European car companies, with 26 percent, 17 percent and 7 percent, respectively. A total of 27 percent of consumers would want US carmakers to build the autonomous vehicles, compared to 25 percent who would go for Japanese ones, 24 percent who would choose Silicon Valley companies and 12 percent who want European car manufacturers to do it.
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