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Is Uber really comparable? With Uber each vehicle is trying to be in the busiest place to get a fare operating only in its own self-interest. With an autonomous
by dexterdog 9y ago
Is Uber really comparable? With Uber each vehicle is trying to be in the busiest place to get a fare operating only in its own self-interest. With an autonomous fleet they will be where they need to be and will get out of the way on their own.
- Johnny555 9y agoWhy would the motivations of a driverless car company be more altruistic than that of an Uber driver? An idle car makes no money, fleet owners will send their cars where they are more likely to get a fare. Even if the cars are privately owned and people just have their car come in to drop them off at work before sending them out of the way to park somewhere (since inner city parking is scarce, so there's no space to park every car at the worker's building), that doubles the number of trips -- once to drop them off, and once to go somewhere and park.
- dexterdog 9y agoBut a company will not put two cars in the same place to compete for one fare. And the remote parking may double the number of trips, but the parking is not going to be far away and will take much less space than a normal parking lot.
- marcosdumay 9y agoFleet owners will send as many cars as they need into the fullest places, and as many cars as need into the emptier ones. Uber drivers are each one out for themselves, so they can't do any global optimization.
- maxerickson 9y agoThe incentives are different. Robo fleet wants to maximize fleet utilization. Uber driver wants to maximize utilization of 1 car.