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Uber doesn't necessarily need 24-hour coverage though, because demand peaks during commute hours. However, self-driving vehicles can end up being a 'base load'
by smallnamespace 10y ago
Uber doesn't necessarily need 24-hour coverage though, because demand peaks during commute hours.
However, self-driving vehicles can end up being a 'base load' that runs 24/7, and then Uber just pays drivers to appear during peak times, so they can avoid paying for (labor + driver's car) during unnecessary times.
- IanCal 10y agoAnd as the cars become cheaper, the trade-off shifts until it's easier and cheaper to have self driving cars at all times. I think there's a reasonable level of demand that would mean that even at several hundred thousand pounds/dollars, they'd still sell quite well. Every £50000 is an absolute maximum of 710 eight hour shifts.