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They aren't replacing taxis, they are replacing cars. Unless you want to own a specific speciality car (Ferrari, Jeep, etc), Waymo eliminates the need for you
by dsl 6y ago
They aren't replacing taxis, they are replacing cars.
Unless you want to own a specific speciality car (Ferrari, Jeep, etc), Waymo eliminates the need for you to buy one. It's Uber but without the overhead of paying a person, which means price could normalize so close to the actual operating expenses of the vehicle that it just doesn't make financial sense to use anything else.
- jocker12 6y agoStudies show something different - https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/348138/personal-vehicle-ownership-extremely-important-t.html https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/348138/person...
- gibspaulding 6y agoThat study doesn't seem terribly relevant. It concludes that owning a vehicle is important to people right now. It doesn't seem unreasonable to assume that in the future, cheap and ubiquitous ride sharing options could pretty quickly drive those percentages down.