Even Millennials Are Losing Confidence In Autonomous Cars, Surveys Reveal

An Uber Technologies Inc. Volvo self-driving sports utility vehicles (SUV) sits on the road after a high-impact crash in Tempe, Arizona, U.S., on Friday, March 24, 2017. Uber Technologies Inc.'s self-driving cars were back on public roads Monday,... A spate of recent crashes involving Tesla and Uber are taking a toll on public confidence in self-driving cars. Two studies released this week, one by AAA and the other by Cargurus.com, The AAA survey was conducted in April, shortly after a self-driving Uber vehicle struck and killed Elaine Herzberg in Tempe, Ariz., and after a fatal accident involving a Tesla Model X operating in Autopilot mode in Mountain View, Calif. Uber halted its autonomous vehicle testing in Phoenix, Pittsburgh, San Francisco and Toronto after the death of Ms. Herzberg.