This paper synthesises the findings of surveys of consumer willingness-to-pay for vehicle automation. Some studies report only mean or median estimates of willingness-to-pay for vehicle automation. Other studies provide data enabling demand functions to be derived. Six demand functions have been estimated and are compared. Maximum willingness-to-pay (around 25,000 to 40,000 US dollars) exceeds low estimates of the added costs of automated vehicles (around 10,000 US dollars). On average, close to 30% of respondents state zero willingness to pay more for an automated car than for a conventional car. Based on current knowledge, it is likely that a majority of consumers will initially find automated vehicles too expensive. However, the price of automated vehicles can be expected to fall as technology matures and vehicles are manufactured in larger numbers.

本文综合了消费者对汽车自动化支付意愿的调查结果。一些研究报告仅对车辆自动化支付意愿进行了均值或中值估计。其他研究提供了可以推导出需求函数的数据。估计并比较了六个需求函数。最高支付意愿（约25,000至40,000美元）超过了对自动驾驶汽车增加成本的低估（约10,000美元）。平均而言，近30％的受访者表示，零钱购买自动驾驶汽车的意愿要高于传统汽车。根据当前的知识，大多数消费者很可能最初会发现自动驾驶汽车过于昂贵。然而，