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$0.50/mile is likely the low end of what’s possible for the base vehicle costs. $0.50/mile + autonomous hardware costs/expected vehicle lifetime would be the to
by jmpman 5y ago
$0.50/mile is likely the low end of what’s possible for the base vehicle costs. $0.50/mile + autonomous hardware costs/expected vehicle lifetime would be the total costs. 200k miles is generous for a Pacifica. I’ve read the autonomous hardware is $250k (could the hardware outlast a vehicle and be transferred?)
$0.50 + $250k/200k mi = $1.75/mi
$1.75/miles * 5.4 miles actually driven = $9.45, very close to what I paid.
If Google can get the autonomous hardware package down to $50k, then this trip would have been $4.05. At $5k (the absolute lowest possible?), the trip would cost $2.85. At that point, this becomes exciting.
- dheera 5y agoEven at $4.05 it's not bad, that's about the level that the autonomous taxi is twice the cost of a city bus.
- xyzzyz 5y agoThat would be much cheaper than a city bus, if you account for heavy subsidies the public buses get — the ticket revenues typically cover less than a half of operational cost of running buses, and if you include capex, it gets even worse.