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I see no issues for a robot taxi insurance, since it could be done with the same scheme, as the current testing vehicles are insured (a large deposit to the sta
by krasin 11y ago
I see no issues for a robot taxi insurance, since it could be done with the same scheme, as the current testing vehicles are insured (a large deposit to the state).
Once robot taxis are everywhere, I would expect that there will be robot car rentals and robot car long-term rentals. They are also not different from the taxis; people just rent them for longer.
As for real ownership, the question is unclear. Probably, it will be so rare, that a deposit will work too.
- DaFranker 11y agoThis brings up the point I'm most looking forward to if we can get this stuff widespread: massive carpooling. Forget Uber. Get a Google-AV subscription, find the nearest "unoccupied" AV (or call for one to come pick you up, preferably scheduled in advance to it's just waiting for you when you get out), hop in, state destination, get off. Car continues on its merry way to its next duty. Repeat when you want to go back home. Much less massive waste of space involved in all those parking lots. Much less opportunity cost waste. Less total cars in existence for the same amount of travelers. It's like a public transit pass, but the bus stops are exactly where you want them, and the bus passes exactly when you need it, and you don't have to deal with that insane, smelly old guy who dances in the middle of the bus and then shakes peoples' shoulders so they give him pocket change.