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that's the rub of a robotaxi service. A hypothetical taxi launchable today would probably have ~30 billion R&D 1:10 remote safety operator ratio (1p employees
by lumost 6y ago
that's the rub of a robotaxi service. A hypothetical taxi launchable today would probably have
~30 billion R&D
1:10 remote safety operator ratio (1p employees, not contractors).
100K Bill of materials/vehicle for the lidar sensors etc.
Compare this with an externally owned 8 year old vehicle being driven by someone who doesn't confer liability to the company.
Even if the dream was realized there likely isn't a viable business for robotaxis until the cars are on the road for 10-20 years.
- rrrrrrrrrrrryan 6y agoVans exist, and rides can be pooled in denser areas. I imagine a 24-hour robovan with multiple paying passengers at a time would pay itself off relatively quickly. People here like to whine that this would be recreating the bus, not realizing that the reason buses suck is because they have rigid departure schedules, and fixed startpoints and endpoints. People mainly take Ubers over the bus because they're much more flexible.