> I'd hypothesize that it will spawn another innovation in batteries and clean energy, because no overlord of a fleet of autonomous cars is going to want to pay

> I'd hypothesize that it will spawn another innovation in batteries and clean energy, because no overlord of a fleet of autonomous cars is going to want to pay the recurring cost of gasoline. Furthermore, I can't see how value of car (regardless of who owns it) isn't in some way directly proportional to its utilization percentage. And a more heavily utilized car (because it's auto-navigating and picking up multiple passengers all day) is worth more. And a car that's worth more is a more financially feasible platform to install more expensive technology on. Higher car utilization through shared ownership is going to alter a lot of the economics around what tech we can afford to put into vehicles.