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I doubt car dealers will have much of a future in a world were you can just hop in a robotaxi for very little money and not have to spend on parking, fuel, main

• throwaway894345 6y ago
  Unless you have quite a nice car or otherwise live in some logistical niche, rideshare is going to be quite a lot more expensive than car ownership. Some people will be able to replace some of their driving with public transit, walking, or cycling, but most people can't because public transit isn't feasible and commuting distances are too great for walking or cycling (this is especially true for people who aren't in peak health or who have families or pets or anything else that they need to regularly transport). Until "robotaxis" actually refers to fully-autonomous taxi services, I don't think we're going to see wide-scale movement away from car ownership.
• SEJeff 6y ago
  This is not the case for likely 90% of the country. Note that I'm currently in Chicago where we have much better public transit (in addition to rideshare) options than you do in Los Angeles, but most of America doesn't have the population density to support it.
  • throwaway894345 6y ago
    I'm in Chicago as well. Yesterday I had to go downtown during rush hour and Lyft wanted $15. I'm not sure if this is normal (although I believe we have a hefty tax on rideshare to downtown, at least during rush hour), but at that point it's significantly cheaper to pay the $10/day or whatever that the parking garages charge (of course this isn't factoring in the cost of ownership nor is it considering other transit options).