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Because self driving cars, while expensive, are still significantly cheaper that employing drivers. Furthermore, it could be argued that you need less self driv
by bigzyg33k 7y ago
Because self driving cars, while expensive, are still significantly cheaper that employing drivers. Furthermore, it could be argued that you need less self driving cars than cars with drivers, as they never need to take breaks, and can work all hours of the day. It would also drastically decrease ubers cost of entering new cities - previously they relied on driver incentives, this flattens the variation in cost greatly.
- cookie_monsta 7y ago> Because self driving cars, while expensive, are still significantly cheaper that employing drivers. Are they? How much does a self driving car go for in today's market? And does your calculation include the fact that a driver comes with free car, maintenance, fuel, etc. Even if the numbers do add up, SDVs aren't about to roll out next week. Remember how close we were to VR for about 30 years?
- kryptiskt 7y agoBut they're not paying for cars now. Buying a fleet of self-driving cars to cover all the cities they are in will require many billions of capital investment. > It would also drastically decrease ubers cost of entering new cities Entering a new market will require buying hundreds of cars + investing in facilities to maintain those cars.