People are bad drivers, and no human should really be trusted behind the wheel. At least that is the opinion of Canaccord analyst George Gianarikas.
Thing is, there’s a solution to this problem. That would be AVs – autonomous vehicles. Yes, the technology is not quite there yet, and there are plenty of regulatory hurdles to overcome, but nevertheless, autonomy is “well on its way.”
That said, not everyone is as enthusiastic as Gianarikas about that prospect, and that is something the analyst finds hard to understand.
“I honestly don’t get it,” the analyst says. “When I see people texting, smoking, or arguing AND driving, I can’t stop myself from thinking – why do so many people have such a negative reaction to autonomous vehicles?”
“We, for our part – are autonomy uber-bulls,” Gianarikas goes on to say. “Unabashed and unrelenting. We believe AVs are set to increase resource utilization,…


