vehicles need to generate a real economic return for both the consumers paying for the technology as well as the industry and the government that will invest billions of dollars in developing it (see Fig 13).
Fig 13: Illustration of the economic return trough autonomous vehicles in the U.S.
Researchers at Morgan Stanley believe that the U.S. economy can save about $1.3 trillion (€1.5 trillion) per year once autonomous cars become regularly adopted [15]. This represents around 8% of the U.S. gross domestic product
(compare Fig 13).
In conclusion, the promises of autonomous driving include the following:
• use of the ongoing electrification of the drive train
• increase of efficiency
• reductions in fuel consumption (fossil)
• environmental friendliness
• platooning (fright transport)
• reductions in traffic congestion
• significant increases in highway capacity
• reduced need for traffic policing
• higher speed limits
• increases in trip distances and decreases in travel times
• increased driver comfort via time savings
• more freedom and free time of the driver
• increases in productivity of the passengers
• more mobility for elderly and disabled person
• support for the demand for mobility providers
• increases in car safety
• potential to reduce crashes and accidents
• real, positive economic return
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