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After removing the steering wheel and making the car fully autonomous, I bet you'll have to pay a subscription for it to drive. And a subscription for a cellula
by schleck8 5y ago
After removing the steering wheel and making the car fully autonomous, I bet you'll have to pay a subscription for it to drive. And a subscription for a cellular service.
- jdlshore 5y agoIt’s unlikely autonomous cars will be privately owned.
- candiddevmike 5y agoLooking forward to the future of having to leave 40 mins earlier so I can mark multiple vehicles as "need cleaning" before having one arrive that won't give me hepatitis.
- ear7h 5y agoAnd then they could optimize the model for efficiency by picking up multiple people that share similar routes. It could even become a public service!
- signatoremo 5y agothis sounds like a snarky remark, but a hybrid public transportation mode where an autonomous van can pick up people at their convenience is exactly desirable, more than the public bus or train today. Less walking, less waiting, on demand connection.
- baseballdork 5y agoI absolutely understand the distaste, but you'll have to compare that against your current "subscription" of insurance fees. Hopefully they either go down or go away.
- reedjosh 5y agoWhy own anything? https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/youll-own-nothing-and-be-happy https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/youll-own-nothing-and-be-happ... The WEF thinks you shouldn't anyway.