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While this is true, the typical taxi’s vehicle doesn’t cost a quarter million dollars (radar, LiDAR, high performance compute system, special calibration). I a
by harambae 3y ago
While this is true, the typical taxi’s vehicle doesn’t cost a quarter million dollars (radar, LiDAR, high performance compute system, special calibration).
I am curious how much cheaper the robotaxis will actually be for the user (right now they’re all at a loss)
- inhumantsar 3y agoThe median annual income for cab drivers is about $35k. Assuming a car is shared across three shifts a day, 7 days a week, then you're looking at about $105k/yr in savings.
- duskwuff 3y ago> Assuming a car is shared across three shifts a day, 7 days a week Assuming that a cab can make the same income in the dead of the night as it does during peak periods is a rather bold assumption.
- inhumantsar 3y agoWhat? How do you get that from what I wrote? My entire comment is about the cost of operating cabs averaged out over the course of a year. How much revenue a cab, whether human-operated or autonomous, generates at 1am vs 1pm is entirely irrelevant.
- duskwuff 3y ago> My entire comment is about the cost of operating cabs averaged out over the course of a year. And you're assuming that all cabs are operated 24 hours a day, in three shifts. They are not.