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Let's replace peak time with commute. So that's one service you can cover. But there's no reason whatsoever self driving cars can't do cargo duty when less pass
by chx 8y ago
Let's replace peak time with commute. So that's one service you can cover. But there's no reason whatsoever self driving cars can't do cargo duty when less passengers are available.
- Cerium 8y agoCan the same vehicles handle both tasks? I don't want to commute in a truck, and I bet shipping depot workers don't want to load cars.
- chx 8y agoCan't see a problem here, the car folds down its seats, the warehouse loads a de facto standard mini shipping container before the car arrives, throws it in the car, off it goes. It might even ascend to an ISO standard, not just a de facto one, such things happened before.
- secabeen 8y agoPerhaps, but now the standard shipping container slips a little bit, and gauges a scratch into my seats and sidewall on the first of 4 deliveries. I notice two days later when I'm next using the back. Who pays for the cost of re-upholstering my seats, and for my car-sharing costs during the repair?
- chx 8y agoMy seats?? Noone owns a self driving car, you rent one when you need it. As for the fleet owner, I bet they will solve this in any number of ways somehow including the risk in the cargo fee
- Wowfunhappy 8y agoI predict plenty of people will own self-driving cars, at least at first. Habits don't die easily, and car ownership is seen as a key part of independence and self sufficiently in America. Some people will want to own them, whether or not it makes sense.