[INFOGRAPHIC] Autonomous Cars Could Save The US $1.3 Trillion Dollars A Year
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The autonomous car is coming. We've been hearing that since the grainy black and white sci-fi flicks of the 1950s. But today, we're closer than ever to seeing the autonomous car become a reality. With everyone from Google to Nissan working on autonomous technology, the streets may soon be filled with driverless cars.
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All the hype aside, what real impact will autonomous cars have in the coming years?
A recent study conducted by Columbia University said that replacing New York's fleet of 13,000 yellow cabs with 9,000 driverless cars could cut costs per mile by nearly 88% and wait times down from 5 minutes to just 36 seconds during rush hour.
But that's just for cabs in New York. What about for the US as a whole?
Using data from Morgan Stanley, the guys at NeoMam Studios put together this infographic to explore the issue:
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