Self-Driving Cars

Microsoft joins GM, Honda and institutional investors in a combined new equity investment of more than $2 billion in Cruise.

The Mercedes GLE emerged as the strongest performer across all three performance criteria.

No. 1 on the list from the report “Self-Driving Vehicles, Robo-Taxis and the Urban Mobility Revolution” from the Boston Consulting Group should come as no surprise: safety.

New data shows that 43 percent of U.S. consumers would buy or ride in autonomous vehicles if they were broadly available today, according to the survey released by Altman Vilandrie & Co. However, the survey also reveals widespread concerns about the safety of self-driving cars.

These groups also said the administration’s autonomous vehicle “guidance,” which is expected next week, should not be issued.