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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 mcgrew on Wednesday July 26 2017, @04:15PM
I've read that, but I'm not seeing it. Most places in the US have terrible public transportation. My oldest daughter doesn't drive, but it's because of here severe ADD. My younest has been driving since she was sixteen, as do all the others in their twenties and early thirties I know.
It's probably true in parts of Europe, but not here.
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