PITTSBURGH, Oct. 1, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Seven out of 10
consumers believe autonomous cars drive better than humans or
will surpass human abilities by 2029, according to a worldwide
consumer survey commissioned by ANSYS (NASDAQ: ANSS). The
complete ANSYS Global Autonomous Vehicles Report, released today,
uncovers varying consumer attitudes with autonomous vehicles
(AVs).
ANSYS commissioned the survey to gauge global consumer
perception of AVs and better understand expectations for the future
of travel. In June, ANSYS unveiled a snapshot from this study
of public attitudes toward autonomous aircraft. Today's full
release of the Global Autonomous Vehicles Report provides a more
expansive analysis into public perceptions. The report confirms
consumers have high expectations for autonomous capabilities and
that consumers are comfortable with the idea of riding in
autonomous cars and aircraft in their lifetime.
Highlights from the report include:
- Consumer Faith: Seventy-one percent of global
respondents believe autonomous cars are better at driving than
humans or will surpass human abilities within 10 years.
- Embracing AVs: Japanese respondents were more confident
in AVs than the global average; 83% believe autonomous cars will be
better drivers than humans within a decade and 38% believe they
already are.
- Ready to Ride: Seventy-seven percent of global
respondents would be comfortable riding in an autonomous car at
some point during their lifetime.
- Young Adopters: Eighty-seven percent of 18- to
24-year-old respondents and 88% of 25- to 34-year-old respondents
reported feeling comfortable with autonomous cars in their
lifetime. Forty-three percent of respondents over the age of 65
said they would never ride in an autonomous car.
- Highs and Lows: At 97%, Chinese respondents were most
open to riding in an autonomous car during their lifetime. By
contrast, just 57% of respondents from the United Kingdom said they would be comfortable
riding in an autonomous car.
- Exploring Anxieties: When asked their top concern for
riding in autonomous cars and planes, most respondents said
technology failure at 59% and 65%, respectively.
- Trust in Car Manufacturers: Twenty-four percent of
respondents believe luxury car companies would offer the safest
autonomous driving experience, followed by technology companies
that may one day offer an autonomous car (20%) and non-luxury
brands (16%).
Autonomous cars require billions of miles of road tests across a
vast number of driving conditions to ensure consumer safety, which
cannot be accomplished in our lifetime with physical testing alone.
Simulation greatly reduces the need for physical road tests and is
the only way engineers can more quickly test thousands of AV travel
scenarios, maximize the performance of sensors and perception
algorithms and ensure safety.
"Automated driving has been a dream of engineers and travelers
since at least the 1950s, but the hardware and software required to
make it a practical reality has only approached a sufficient level
of maturity in the past decade," said Sam Abuelsamid, principal
research analyst, Navigant Research. "For automated driving to
become a commercial reality that people trust for safe
transportation, consumers will need to be convinced that algorithms
can consistently drive more reliably than humans. That will require
vast amounts of simulation testing to augment hundreds of millions
of miles of real-world, on-road evaluation."
Designing AVs to satisfy stringent safety and reliability
requirements presents a formidable challenge for AV manufacturers.
ANSYS Autonomy, released this year, delivers an end-to-end,
cost-effective capability for rapidly developing AV systems that
satisfy these requirements. From software and algorithm development
to functional safety analysis to sensor accuracy optimization,
ANSYS Autonomy is critical for ensuring roads and skies are safer
than ever.
"We are at the threshold of a fully autonomous era that will
revolutionize global transportation. This report confirms the
world's optimism – but also legitimate concerns – for AVs," said
Eric Bantegnie, vice president and general manager of the systems
business unit at ANSYS. "To drive worldwide AV adoption,
manufacturers must prove the technology is safer and more reliable
than humans. ANSYS simulation solutions make that possible."
To view the report and learn more about the survey, visit
www.ansys.com/av-report.
Survey Methodology:
ANSYS commissioned Atomik Research to field an online survey of
22,041 adults aged 18+ in 11 markets (the United Kingdom, United States, DACH, France, Italy, Spain,
Benelux, Sweden, Japan, China,
India). The research fieldwork
took place between April 26 and May 7,
2019. In accordance with Market Research Society guidelines
and regulations, the margin of error fell within +/-2% at a
confidence level of 95%. Atomik Research is an independent creative
market research agency that employs MRS-certified researchers and
abides to MRS code.
About ANSYS, Inc.
If you've ever seen a rocket launch, flown on an airplane,
driven a car, used a computer, touched a mobile device, crossed a
bridge or put on wearable technology, chances are you've used a
product where ANSYS software played a critical role in its
creation. ANSYS is the global leader in engineering
simulation. Through our strategy of Pervasive Engineering
Simulation, we help the world's most innovative companies deliver
radically better products to their customers. By offering the best
and broadest portfolio of engineering simulation software, we help
them solve the most complex design challenges and create products
limited only by imagination. Founded in 1970, ANSYS is
headquartered south of Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania, U.S.A., Visit www.ansys.com for more
information.
ANSYS and any and all ANSYS, Inc. brand, product, service and
feature names, logos and slogans are registered trademarks or
trademarks of ANSYS, Inc. or its subsidiaries in the United States or other countries.
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