Synthesising the Existing Literature on the Market Acceptance of Autonomous Vehicles and the External Underlying Factors

Table 1

Summary of the survey studies assessed with regard to the market acceptance of AVs.

Authors	Location	Number of participants	% acceptance	Main reason (s) for acceptance	Main reason (s) for rejection
Rezaei and Caulfield [15]	Ireland	475	20	Reduction in traffic congestion, queues, and delays and fewer accidents	Privacy, security, cost, and legal liability
Bansal et al. [10]	US	347	80	Fewer accidents	Equipment failure
Haboucha et al. [40]	Israel and North America	721	56	Parking made easier and reliable traffic management	Cost
Kyriakidis et al. [41]	109 countries	4,886	74	More appealing and comfortable than manual driving	Security issues and hacking; legal liability; safety concerns
Continental [42]	US and Germany	4,100	58	Reduction in the severity of accidents	Expensive, people are wary of them, and not sufficiently reliable
Howard and Dai [36]	US	107	86	Safer; the convenience of not having to find a parking space	Losing control of the vehicle; vehicle liability
Payre et al. [43]	France	421	71	Help people in an impaired condition, such as those under the influence of alcohol, drugs, and some medications, if they have to drive in an emergency	Losing control of the vehicle and misuse by hackers