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[...] some experts believe as much as 95% of passenger miles could be electric, autonomous by 2030, thanks to some basic economics. Because electric vehicles cost a whole lot less to drive and maintain—but more to buy—and because autonomous vehicles greatly reduce the cost of commercial driving, a combination of the two technologies will make autonomous Transportation as a Service exponentially more cost competitive than either owning a car, or hiring a car and driver. It's also exponentially more profitable for car companies, who have long feared the loss of maintenance and service profits associated with a transition to electric cars.
This question will come up more frequently as self-driving technology advances. Will perfection of that technology make a difference, though, in the face of social behaviors that have been deeply ingrained over the past century?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 26 2017, @09:50AM (3 children)
Taxi is taken care about, at least a little bit, by its driver or the owner. Public transportation is guarded by public shame of most of passengers in front of the crowd. Automatic car will be oblivious to ... mishaps ... previous patrons had.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 26 2017, @10:09AM
All autonomous taxi users will have a credit card on file like Uber requires and if you shit in there the next person will report you and then camera footage can be reviewed. Then you incur a huge fee or criminal charges.
The only other way would be to price out the revolting peasants which defeats the purpose of the autonomous car being a cheap alternative to ownership. However it is reasonable to charge more for a car than a bus because you can go anywhere with the car and usually faster, load it with groceries, have it idle while you go do something, etc.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 26 2017, @10:15AM
The owner of a self-driving car will certainly care just as much about the status of the car as the owner of a human-driven car. And unlike with human-driven car, he will likely know quite exactly who did travel in the car at which time, through booking data, so any misbehaviour will not only make you risk a ban from cars from that owner, but furthermore through data sharing/selling also possibly for cars from other owners, and maybe even for unrelated things like some restaurants.
(Score: 2) by realDonaldTrump on Wednesday July 26 2017, @04:09PM
What people do in limousines and helicopters is disgusting. And Air Force One. I inherited a mess! 🇺🇸