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I don't want to own a self-driving car. I want the self-driving equivalent of a taxi or Uber. Press a button on my phone, the closest one shows up, drives me wh
by lambda 12y ago
I don't want to own a self-driving car. I want the self-driving equivalent of a taxi or Uber. Press a button on my phone, the closest one shows up, drives me where I want to go, and then hangs out nearby for the next person or goes back to the closest designated parking location.
These self-driving cars will be cheaper than even UberX/Lyft/whatever, as there is no driver to have to pay. They can be smaller than a cab, taking up much less parking room (they can park too close for their doors to open, and they don't need to including seating for a driver), which can actually be a fairly significant cost in the city, where convenient parking spaces can sell for as much as a house does elsewhere.
- ossreality 12y agoThis is obvious next step. Google knows where you are. It knows where you work. It knows where you shop and it knows your shopping list. They could easily not only do what you're suggesting, but also completely eliminate the need for ridesharing, for needing one-off transport to a grocery store. I mean, why even have UPS or FedEx. Ship to centrally located places and have the autonomous cars make the pick ups most optimally on the way home from work.