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undermining the income opportunities for so many people. Don't worry. Once the novelty has worn off, the cost will probably be on par with Uber and Lyft with r
by jqpabc123 2y ago
undermining the income opportunities for so many people.
Don't worry. Once the novelty has worn off, the cost will probably be on par with Uber and Lyft with real human drivers --- if not higher.
The acquisition, maintenance and supervision costs for the self driving vehicles will probably consume any difference in cost.
- ghaff 2y agoA lot of people are assuming that replacing cars driven by minimum wage/sub-minimum wage drivers with high tech robotaxis will make this sort of transportation almost too cheap to meter. Long-term there's presumably some advantage espeically as costs drop to the level where an autonomous car is just a car. I'm not sure there's ever this magical transition where a car you use a few times a day (and is specific to your needs) is ever replaced by an on-demand service to a significantly greater degree than today.
- seanmcdirmid 2y agoThey are the same price in SF, but you never have to figure out how much to tip the waymo.