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Not to say I'm a current enthusiast of self driving cars, but I assume many of the issues you outlined would get better rather than worse. Ownership of car will
by NikolaNovak 4y ago
Not to say I'm a current enthusiast of self driving cars, but I assume many of the issues you outlined would get better rather than worse. Ownership of car will become continually less rational with hyper effective rented transport. With fewer cars overall parking should be much better especially on busy areas. Cars of the far off future may be more predictable and thus more rational when traffic increases. Networked cars open up a lot of possibilities.
None of this is coming soon as far as I'm aware mind you. I just don't think the end game of self driving vehicle is bleak - just the long mid game :)
- rightbyte 4y ago> Ownership of car will become continually less rational with hyper effective rented transport. Why? Attrition on a car is mainly miles based. Sharing a car won't make it last more miles. Not accounting for vandalism.
- Gigachad 4y agoStorage of cars is extremely expensive
- NikolaNovak 4y agoI love cars and I love driving them (I used to take mine rallying and on the track etc). But even today, even in north America, they're barely rational. Most people don't mentally add up the purchase price plus insurance plus gas plus maintenance etc. And the inconvenience of garage and parking and clearing driveway and snow etc etc. The reason we have them is convenience. Public transit in North America with our huge suburbs is on average crap. I firmly believe that for modern generation, car is increasingly a liability not pleasure. So if we / they can exchange it for a self riding car that magically shows up when needed but also magically buggers off when not, we / they will.