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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, @05:18PM
I think you're wrong about #2. The CEO of Berkshire-Hathaway, who owns GEICO (Warren Buffet) says that autonomous cars will be very cheap to insure, human-driven cars very expensive, because people really suck at driving. If you don't see how badly most people drive, you're probably one of them.
I agree with the rest of your comment.
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