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posted by cmn32480 on Wednesday July 26 2017, @05:55AM   Printer-friendly
from the I'm-sorry-Dave,-I-can't-do-that dept.

[...] 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?


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  • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 26 2017, @10:13AM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 26 2017, @10:13AM (#544567)

    Being a jackass has no age limit.

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  • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Wednesday July 26 2017, @11:05AM (2 children)

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday July 26 2017, @11:05AM (#544580) Journal

    Even more, it gets better with age

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    • (Score: 2) by Nerdfest on Wednesday July 26 2017, @02:17PM (1 child)

      by Nerdfest (80) on Wednesday July 26 2017, @02:17PM (#544642)

      No, it gets better with *practice*.

      • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Wednesday July 26 2017, @09:46PM

        by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday July 26 2017, @09:46PM (#544880) Journal

        Practice require time.

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