Americans see promise in AVs, but more work to do. For the second year in a row, Motional has commissioned a Consumer Mobility Report to help shed light on how the general public views, understands, and trusts autonomous vehicle technology.
An independent third party surveyed 1,000 people from across America, and a few things are clear:
- Americans believe AVs are the wave of the future, and can help improve accessibility to safe and reliable transportation;
- They feel AVs will help reduce some of the main causes of serious accidents such as impaired, distracted, drowsy, and aggressive driving;
- Many support investments in the infrastructure that supports AV deployments, and have interest in rethinking parking spaces in their communities;
- And their concerns around safety show that the industry still has work to do around assuring the public that the technology is trustworthy.
