VW has an interesting prior track record with economics, truth around numbers and diesel emissions in particular. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-

VW has an interesting prior track record with economics, truth around numbers and diesel emissions in particular. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-06-09/vw-charged-with-deceit-over-diesel-as-france-chases-carmakers https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-06-09/vw-charge... https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a15339250/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-vw-diesel-emissions-scandal/ https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a15339250/everything-you-n... Based on that history I'm not convinced that $8.50 per hour is even remotely reasonable and they already know it. Autonomous driving is a lot cheaper. This doesn't mean that people won't pay it. Plenty will. But its more expensive than it should be.