Re:BMW to Let Car Owners Rent Out Vehicles Like `Airbnb on W...
by eveningcoffee on Thursday April 28, 2016 @09:02AM
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What's the crux of this concern?
Price or rather TCO. That is, if the amount of cars needed is the same as today, then why should people prefer communal self driving cars instead of personal ones?
Of course same cars could be used during the day, the question is just how much it would bring the cost down.
That will go a long way to eliminating unnecessary journeys during peak times.
Or eliminate the idea of communal self driving cars. There are no unnecessary travel when you have to get to the point A on time.
If it's environmental, we can assume cars in the future will be all-electric, powered by nuclear or renewable energy sources.
If it's congestion, firstly we should see a dramatic reduction in the number of accidents. Automated vehicles will make far more efficient use of limited road capacity, and with no need for parked cars to litter urban streets, we will have greater capacity.
More importantly, we can just regulate against congestion. Cap the number of cars in an area at any one time, if you want, or implement dynamic pricing. That will go a long way to eliminating unnecessary journeys during peak times.