Have Autonomous Vehicles Hit A Roadblock?

Arizona Governor Doug Ducey recently announced a new multimillion-dollar public-private research partnership in the pursuit of fully autonomous vehicles. The move is an indication that Arizona is doubling down on its status as an autonomous-vehicle testing hotbed--mere months after the first-ever human fatality involving an autonomous vehicle occurred on Arizona roads. Despite plenty of setbacks, automakers and tech companies remain committed to autonomous vehicles, with many saying that consumers will be able to hail a driverless taxi within the next couple of years. But serious cracks are beginning to emerge in this roadmap: Even younger generations are not yet onboard. Plenty of invested capital is riding on autonomous vehicles.