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The proliferation of self-driving cars will absolutely affect where people live, eventually. I imagine that to start with, we'll see certain areas - such as th
by jameslevy 15y ago
The proliferation of self-driving cars will absolutely affect where people live, eventually.
I imagine that to start with, we'll see certain areas - such as the Vegas strip, perhaps - that support Valet™, a feature first appearing in luxury vehicles that does exactly what we'd already expect from human valet drivers.
But to drill down even further, I'm not exactly sure where the very first Valet™ supported parking lot would be. Manhattan would be a great use-case, but my own guess is that we'll first see this appear at places like large mall parking lots where city regulations won't be as much of a problem.
- jameslevy 15y agoAnd yes, self-driving cars will provide a huge boom to services like Zipcar, and indirectly to marketplaces like AirBnB that convert ownership into access.
- wtvanhest 15y agoAt first I thought that taxi companies would use the vehicles, but now I think it is more realistic that zip car would be first (or someone like them) since not everyone will be fast to adopt and may be uncomfortable riding.in one. Then over time the economics will force cab companies to switch at which point it will be a mature market. Bschool professors will talk about how cab companies made the wrong strategic choice even though it will really be the only option and one essentially predetermined. Personally, I can't wait!