Insurance and Self-Driving Cars

Metromile (a car insurance company that's pioneering a pay-as-you-go model) recently produced an analysis of what their monthly insurance rates would be for a self-driving car based on the accident stats that Google released. Check out the expected savings on a variety of models:

No surprise that insurance companies like self-driving cars -- for the kinds of applications we've seen these cars used for, they are much safer than the typical (distracted) American driver. This is one of those world-changing technologies I'm eagerly looking forward to!