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Why would you want to own a self-driving car? You'll just summon it from the nearest parking lot when needed.
by bitL 9y ago
Why would you want to own a self-driving car? You'll just summon it from the nearest parking lot when needed.
- saurik 9y agoI store tons of stuff in my car so I can have it available at all of the various places I end up, and while I would happily believe I am not in the majority, this does not seem to be something that would be rare. While I don't feel the need to "own" a car (I literally rent a car continually, paying in 30-day cycles), it would be extremely annoying to not have consistent control over most of the storage space in a car (I often even have stuff in the back seat I am dragging around with me forever). And no: while I do love driving, I feel no need to drive, and would welcome a future where the car drove for me... but it will be a much more awkward arrangement to get me to be OK just summoning random cars temporarily.
- munificent 9y agoIt would be pretty easy for a fleet service to also provide a bin that you can persistently store your stuff in. When you summon a car, the system puts your bin in before it goes to get you.
- mavhc 9y agoI envisage systems of standardised storage lockers, you can pull the whole locker into your car, 4 fit in the car for 4 users, you can wheel them into work, or lock into cabinets around the place, when there's no car parks they'll be lots of free space, 1% can be for storage lockers.
- LrnByTeach 9y agoI agree, there are good % of people like you for all right reasons to have a their OWN CAR "same CAR" every day. There will be different flavors of pricing for needs like yours, like 'Keeping CAR With you'. How about this pricing Option 1: The CAR will be in serving people 10 streets around your Home, will be available whenever you want but costs you $300 /month ( It will have two Locker boxes in the Truck to keep your Items ALL the time, and your LOCKER BOX opens only with your Smart Phone ). Option 2: you lease Autonomous car, it is all yours to keep, but the price is like $500/month Lease .
- Tyr42 9y agoLockers in the trunk reduce the ability to go grocery shopping :/
- LrnByTeach 9y agoThere is no Ownership, it is Summon only When I said, $200/month for 1000 miles/month is one time pay, there is NO per ride PAY. It is like you pay your Cell Phone Bill. Use those 1000 miles in that month whenever you want .
- krisroadruck 9y agoBut do you get rollover miles?
- jedberg 9y agoMy car doubles as a "everything I need when I take the kid out" storage. We always have: - diapers - changing pad - strollers - extra clothes - kids movies for the tv in the van, queued up to where we left off Sure, people in places like NYC just carry all that stuff with them when they take the kid out, but they also take the kid out less often or move to the burbs because it's a huge pain in the butt. I'd much rather own the car simply so that I can keep all my stuff in it that I need when I go out.
- emidln 9y agoWhen I lived in the Metro DC area (Bailey's Crossroads in NoVA) with a 1-2 year old we kept that stuff in the bottom of our stroller (mostly in a single medium-sized bag). We took the stroller everywhere via buses and trains. We very rarely drove our vehicle while living in DC since a couple grocery stores, several restaurants, and several department stores were within easy walking distance (about a mile) from our house. With the stroller, we used carabiners to hold bags on the walk back. For longer excursions (all day to a museum or zoo), I'd bring a backpack with misc stuff in addition to what was in the stroller. Our stroller had a detachable car seat integrated (the car seat set locked into the stroller when using it as a stroller), which allowed us to use taxis if needed.
- jedberg 9y agoYes, we've done all that too when traveling. But it's a lot easier to just hop in the car and go, knowing that all that stuff is already there.
- Johnny555 9y agoIt's only easier if you know you'll have parking at your destination. If you live in a city with convenient transit service, you don't need to worry about parking. And if you want to take a long stroll down the waterfront, you don't need to return to your car to go home, you just hop on a different train.
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- LrnByTeach 9y agoIt is Summon only, no ownership. when I said $200/month SUBSCRIPTION for 1000 miles, no Per RIDE pay
- rrhd 9y agoWHY must YOU keep CAPITALIZING RANDOM WORDS?
- LrnByTeach 9y agoSorry, I will avoid that in future ..
- alkonaut 9y agoI recommend surrounding words with asterisks to get a less screamy emphasis.