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I'm so excited for them to come to Seattle! There are many people that want them! There are even more than want 90% cheaper Ubers.

• addisonl 3y ago
  Wouldn’t get your hopes up on it being 90% cheaper—typically Waymo cost the same or slightly more than Uber for me. Obviously the economics change as time goes on but I doubt they will make it that much cheaper.
  • yazaddaruvala 3y ago
    > but I doubt they will make it that much cheaper. All other tech has gotten 10x cheaper across 10 years. No reason to doubt robotaxi fleets won’t as well.
    • CatWChainsaw 3y ago
      Without the need of a driver, cars will increasingly be offered as a rental service rather than an ownership object. In a good month, the only expenses I pay for my car is gas, which is 150-200 USD. Do you think driverless car services will somehow be immune to the pressures every other rentier model (actual rent, SaaS, Netflix, etc etc etc) succumbs to?
    • addisonl 3y ago
      > All other tech has gotten 10x cheaper across 10 years Well that’s flat out not true, EVs aren’t 90% cheaper than they were 10 years ago.