Long story short The World Economic Forum , working with the Boston Consulting Group , recently carried out an extensive study into how people around the world perceive self - driving vehicles . The study involved four - hour - long focus groups in Paris , Berlin , and London , as well as extensive online surveys with inhabitants of cities in 10 different countries . The results of the study show that consumers in developing countries were more eager to buy self - driving cars than those in developed nations , and rather surprisingly , the concept is quite unpopular in Germany and Japan . Another interesting insight is that 46 % of respondents said they would prefer to buy a self - driving car from a " traditional " global automaker rather than from a tech company or a new manufacturer . However , 69 % said they might prefer a self - driving car produced by a traditional manufacturer in cooperation with a tech company .
The World Economic Forum , working with the Boston Consulting Group , recently carried out an extensive study into how people around the world perceive self - driving vehicles . The study involved four - hour - long focus groups in Paris , Berlin , and London , as well as extensive online surveys with inhabitants of cities in 10 different countries . The results of the study show that consumers in developing countries were more eager to buy self - driving cars than those in developed nations , and rather surprisingly , the concept is quite unpopular in Germany and Japan . Another interesting insight is that 46 % of respondents said they would prefer to buy a self - driving car from a " traditional " global automaker rather than from a tech company or a new manufacturer . However , 69 % said they might prefer a self - driving car produced by a traditional manufacturer in cooperation with a tech company .