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Because owning a car is expensive. And owning a self-driving car is likely to be even more expensive. If you can still get the same convenience for a far lower
by rcxdude 3y ago
Because owning a car is expensive. And owning a self-driving car is likely to be even more expensive. If you can still get the same convenience for a far lower cost by just using a taxi, why would you continue to own a car? (Also, this is something the automotive industry does not want, as it will reduce their sales substantially. This is something that is claimed by self-driving companies which are not also automotive companies, and most people who analyse the economics of self-driving, especially looking at which technologies which are more likely to succeed).
- PeterStuer 3y agorcxdude 22 hours ago | parent | context | flag | on: Mercedes beats Tesla to autonomous driving in Cali... "Because owning a car is expensive." That hasn't stopped families from getting multiple cars thus far, so why should that change? "And owning a self-driving car is likely to be even more expensive." I sincerely doubt that. Just think of all the potential for selling services and preload deals on what is basically a rolling networked computer with the user literally captured inside. You might have to pay more if you want the non-add supported version or the one without the bundled subscriptions.