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I assume robo taxi will be significantly cheaper to manufacture. You can get away with much less range and creature comforts being quite a bit less. People care
by whamlastxmas 2y ago
I assume robo taxi will be significantly cheaper to manufacture. You can get away with much less range and creature comforts being quite a bit less. People care much less about comfortable for something they sit in for twenty minutes versus buy for $50k
- wilsonnb3 2y agoYeah I would be interested in seeing how the costs shake out. There is logic in this design being cheaper to manufacture but I would think that it would be a long while before you "broke even", so to speak, compared to using a design that you already know exactly how to make.
- jjulius 2y agoCreature comforts, fine, they can go, but a shorter range? I thought the idea was for me to be able to have my car galavanting around the city all day being a taxi for people to help me make money. Forgive my ignorance, but how is a shorter range going to help with that?
- dmix 2y agoI guess it depends on the initial regulatory environment. But most likely it's not any cheaper. He said in the video it's cheaper through the economics of reuse, not through it being cheap itself
- whamlastxmas 2y agoYou don’t need 350 mile range for city errands and if for some reason you did, they can just coordinate vehicle swap that takes 30 seconds
- avalys 2y agoHuh? You will spend exactly as much time in the Robotaxi as you do in a vehicle you buy for yourself. If people are willing to pay extra for comfort and style already, why would they stop? I feel like so much of this discourse is dominated by people who hate cars. Most people like their cars! That's why they bought them.
- m463 2y agoI would imagine the interior would be more "passenger proof". Maybe easier to clean, or wash out vomit, or even warn of forgotten items.