There are a lot of benefits to a driverless Uber-clone that I think you're overlooking. 1. Driverless Uber means that you don't have to pay for an expensive hu

There are a lot of benefits to a driverless Uber-clone that I think you're overlooking. 1. Driverless Uber means that you don't have to pay for an expensive human driver 2. I expect that the number of driverless taxis will be far more than the current number of taxis+Ubers/Lyfts, because suppliers are limited only by the capital costs of the cars. 2. As a passenger relying on driverless taxis, you no longer have to pay car insurance. 3. You no longer have to pay for parking. 4. You no longer have to find parking. 5. Businesses will no longer have to pay for parking. 6. You don't have to pay Uber for the entire trip -- you can get a taxi from home to a bus stop or light rail station. The benefit of renting a driverless taxi over owning a car is that most commuters are only using their cars for an hour or two a day. This turns car renting into a by-the-hour spot market, which is far more granular than renting a Hertz car for a month. But I think that freedom from parking will be the really big incentive that pushes driverless cars forward. Cars are really big, land in cities is really scarce, and car storage is a really wasteful use of land. We currently have homes and malls and offices surrounded by miles of parking[1]. I expect most of that parking to go away within a decade or two of driverless cars becoming popular, as owners reclaim it for more profitable uses of the land. And without abundant free parking, driverless cars & taxis will become more popular. 1. https://d3i6fh83elv35t.cloudfront.net/newshour/app/uploads/2015/03/RTX10DXS-1024x679.jpg https://d3i6fh83elv35t.cloudfront.net/newshour/app/uploads/2...