(Bloomberg) -- Almost three-quarters of U.S. drivers are eager to replace the daily commute’s drudgery with a self-driving car and 80% say they would pay extra to have a robot take the wheel, according to a survey that contradicts other recent studies.
AlixPartners said that when the 1,517 people it surveyed were presented with the attributes of self-driving cars, 73% said they would want autonomous vehicles to take over all their driving needs. Mark Wakefield, head of the consulting firm’s automotive practice, said 90% would let a driverless car handle their commute if they could occasionally take the wheel.
The results go against several recent studies showing as many as half to three-quarters of respondents weren’t ready to give up the wheel. The University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute said last month that it found that just 16% of Americans would prefer to ride in an autonomous vehicle, while 46% wanted nothing to do with robot cars and 39% would accept a partially self-driving vehicle.
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