SELF-DRIVING CARS HIT A SPEEDBUMP, INTEREST IN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY SLOWS DOWN
Allianz Global Assistance’s Annual Sharing Economy Index Reports Americans’ Interest in Self-Driving Cars Falls Ten Percent From 2017Less than half of Americans (43 percent) are interested in utilizing self-driving cars, down from 53 percent last year, according to the fourth annual Sharing Economy Index* released by Allianz Global Assistance . The lack of interest is primarily attributed to safety concerns (71 percent in 2018, compared to 65 percent in 2017), while other reasons include cost/budget, lack of familiarity and bad publicity. Recent high-