As AVs continue to improve, the push to adopt them will grow stronger, and insurers will lead the way — but issues surrounding product safety and liability are yet to be resolved.
The promise of cars that drive themselves has been just over the horizon for years now — one of those breakthroughs that’s always coming yet seemingly never arrives. That’s changing, though, and rapidly.
Fully autonomous taxis are already on the streets of Phoenix and San Francisco, and they’re coming to Los Angeles next. And over a quarter of a million Teslas currently on the road are equipped with the company’s Full Self-Driving add-on (which, despite the name, is a driver-assistance feature, not full autonomy). Self-driving cars are already here — they’re just not very evenly distributed.
The question of what will happen when these vehicles mature from a niche concern into a ubiquitous fixture of everyday life is on many people’s minds, as evidenced by the number of seminars exploring the topic at RISKWORLD 2023.
Not If but When
“As it exists today, there are no U.S. laws that…
