> I don't think true full self-driving would cause a reduction in emissions. I was referring to the total cars owned by people and produced by factories as "ca

> I don't think true full self-driving would cause a reduction in emissions. I was referring to the total cars owned by people and produced by factories as "car consumption". Cars bought by consumers. By owning less cars individually and one car serving many people, emissions from driving might increase, but assembling and constructing the cars has emissions too. There is a difference in cities and rural areas of how important car ownership is, but there is also another technology coming which decreases the need to transport humans, and that's blazing fast drones. If you want to buy let's say an ethernet cable of 5 meters or a coffee, instead of transporting the human, it is much easier and faster for small items to be transported by drone. Drones alone, might decrease the need for car ownership by 5 or 10 times.