{"id":96570,"date":"2015-07-16T15:56:30","date_gmt":"2015-07-16T19:56:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedetroitbureau.com\/?p=96570"},"modified":"2015-07-16T16:27:56","modified_gmt":"2015-07-16T20:27:56","slug":"drivers-cool-to-idea-of-autonomous-vehicles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/2015\/07\/drivers-cool-to-idea-of-autonomous-vehicles\/","title":{"rendered":"Drivers Cool to Idea of Autonomous Vehicles"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Drivers may be unsure of how much autonomous technology they want in their cars, but over 96% want a steering wheel and brake and gas pedals.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Self-driving cars may be the future, but if a recent survey by University of Michigan researchers is any indication, it\u2019s not the near future: just a little over 15% of drivers want an autonomous vehicle.<\/p>\n

The survey, which was conducted by Michael Sivak and Brandon Schoettle, polled 505 people and found that 43.8% didn\u2019t want any form of autonomous technology in their vehicles while 40.6% were comfortable some level of self-driving tech.<\/p>\n

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However, there was a nearly unanimous response to one question that doesn\u2019t bode well for Google and its vehicles: 96.2% of respondents want a steering wheel, brake and gas pedal in their vehicle no matter the level of autonomy.<\/p>\n

“They don’t need them,” Google says on its website. “Our software and sensors do all the work.”<\/p>\n

While the California-based tech giant\u2019s first fleet of test vehicles had those three items in them, the next generation will not. Instead it will feature a simple red button allowing riders to simply shut the car off.<\/p>\n

(Mercedes lurches toward autonomy with next E-Class. For details, <\/em><\/strong>Click Here<\/a><\/span><\/strong>.)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Despite the reticence from those surveyed, much of the technology needed for self-driving vehicles is in many vehicles already and more is coming. In fact, the Cadillac CT6 and Mercedes E-Class will feature a level of autonomous driving in 2017.<\/p>\n

German maker Audi plans to have similar technology in its next generation A8, coming in the next 18 months or so and then it will cascade across the brand\u2019s line-up in the years ahead.<\/p>\n

(<\/em><\/strong>Click Here<\/a><\/span><\/strong> for more about Ford\u2019s plans for autonomous vehicles.)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Other findings from the survey include:<\/p>\n