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> We're not talking about rideshares, we're talking about autonomous personal vehicles > they'll just have self-driving ones. That won't last long, because o
by Supermancho 7y ago
> We're not talking about rideshares, we're talking about autonomous personal vehicles
> they'll just have self-driving ones.
That won't last long, because of market inefficiency. Why pay for maintenance and energy on a vehicle? It's just as unrealistic as saying we'll keep personal vehicles running on gasoline, to me.
- leetcrew 7y agopeople who can afford it value exclusive ownership of an item. a good example is the vacation home. it's possible to defray the cost of ownership of the second home by a lot if you are willing to rent it out to others while you aren't using it, but most people don't seem to do this. [0] I suspect that unless it gets banned outright, wealthy people will be happy to pay whatever it costs to guarantee strangers can't leave a bad smell in the vehicle that takes them to work. [0] only about 30%, according to https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2018/07/12/study-more-vacation-home-owners-plan-rent-out-their-properties-this-year/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2018/07/12/study-mor...