Interest High in Adopting Self-Driving Cars, but So Are Worries, Survey Finds

More than half of new-car buyers in the U.S. expect to own at least one self-driving vehicle in the next 10 years, said Bosch in a Monday survey report. Bosch canvassed 1,000 adult new-car buyers who bought or leased a vehicle in the past five model years and plan to buy or lease a new vehicle again in the future, it said. It found that 61 percent see reduced traffic accidents as the main benefit of self-driving vehicles, and 55 percent anticipate more free time and lower stress levels will be a benefit, it said. Many buyers also are “apprehensive” about the reliability and safety of automated vehicles, it said. Of all respondents canvassed, 72 percent cited “lack of control” of a self-driving vehicles as their biggest worry, while 65 percent said their biggest concern was that autonomous vehicles were “unproven technology,” it said: “A key aspect to helping consumers overcome concerns about automated technology is to highlight the high levels of redundancy that are being built into these systems to make automated driving safe and reliable,” said Bosch, a supplier of tech products and services.