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> you're not making profit compared to market rates for Uber drivers Your implicit assumption is that robotaxis are competing on price with Uber drivers in the
by panarky 2y ago
> you're not making profit compared to market rates for Uber drivers
Your implicit assumption is that robotaxis are competing on price with Uber drivers in their personally owned cars.
But as we can see today with fully autonomous Waymo cars, this is positioned as a premium product, with premium pricing, significantly higher than Uber X.
If I have a choice between Waymo, Uber and Lyft, I'd eagerly pay twice the rideshare rate for the consistently high-quality experience and predictable comfort, safety, and distraction-free ride that Waymo offers. With Uber, I never know what I'm going to get.