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> majority of car owners are likely to want to keep their cars for themselves. I can bet that in most big European cities, relying on public transportation + r
by rglullis 6y ago
> majority of car owners are likely to want to keep their cars for themselves.
I can bet that in most big European cities, relying on public transportation + renting a car whenever you need is cheaper than the maintenance costs of car ownership (parking + insurance + gas).
Making the car rental more efficient on a global scale will reduce the need and the utilitarian value of car ownership. There will be of course those that will want to have their own car, but that will be more and more considered a luxury item or status symbol than a need for anyone living in urban areas.
- anon98356 6y ago> I can bet that in most big European cities, relying on public transportation + renting a car whenever you need is cheaper than the maintenance costs of car ownership (parking + insurance + gas). That's already the case though. Having self driving cars doesn't really change the equation on that.
- rglullis 6y agoIt changes the amplitude of the difference, it makes the contrast more and more clear and it expands the dimension of what we can consider a "city center". I could live carless in Boston when I was living in Cambridge or downtown Boston. I could not make that if I wanted to live in Medford, even though that is a bare 10-minute drive from Cambridge. A fleet of self-driving cars could be spread around more efficiently in metro areas and suburbs.