Americans want tech firms, not automakers, to steer self-driving cars

Americans overwhelmingly want to buy and ride in self-driving cars, but they do not want the "brains" of those vehicles to come from automakers, a new survey has found. Automotive consulting firm AlixPartners surveyed more than 1,500 people between the ages of 18 and 65 and found that 73 percent would like a vehicle to do all of the driving. Yet when asked who they would trust more to program the car's software, 41 percent chose the experts in Silicon Valley. That compares with 26 percent who selected Japanese automakers, and 17 percent who opted for Detroit's Big Three. When it comes to building these vehicles, however, respondents said they have the most trust in the three major U.S. automakers -- Ford, General Motors and Fiat Chrysler.