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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?
(Score: 2) by tangomargarine on Wednesday July 26 2017, @03:36PM
I just keep thinking about that scene in Minority Report where Tom Cruise's car starts redirecting him to the police station to turn him in for a crime he's being framed for and he has to figure out how to get out of the car safely.
When someone can hijack my car like that, I am no longer free.
"Is that really true?" "I just spent the last hour telling you to think for yourself! Didn't you hear anything I said?"