Love them or hate them, however robotaxis have actually been making headlines in 2024. And past the glamorous, sci-fi-inspired advertising and marketing round Tesla’s lately unveiled Cybercab robotaxi, security has remained, in a technique or one other, a recurring theme.
Earlier this yr, a survey revealed a majority of the U.S. public, or 68%, introduced up security issues when requested what they thought of having self-driving automobiles (SDVs) on public roads. But inside that majority, greater than half both imagine that SDV questions of safety will be addressed or that SDVs will really be safer than people.