Re:Poor people pay for parking even when they can’t afford a...
by mantas on Monday November 14, 2016 @01:20AM
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Robocar for $100 a week would be $5600 a year. So individual car would be still cheaper in such case... :) Unless you start factoring in time that you were away for vacation and didn't pay for that week etc. But that'd be some Adobe-level subscription madness...
Re:Poor people pay for parking even when they can’t afford a...
by fulafel on Monday November 14, 2016 @02:01AM
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Average owned car cost is $725/month according to the AAA[1].
[1] http://exchange.aaa.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Your-Driv...
Re:Poor people pay for parking even when they can’t afford a...
by mantas on Monday November 14, 2016 @02:20AM
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Just pointed out a math flaw in parent post. It's obvious where both numbers were pulled from...
Re:Poor people pay for parking even when they can’t afford a...
by jessaustin on Monday November 14, 2016 @10:17PM
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Many people would pay a premium not to have to pony up a down payment or deal with oil changes.
Re:Poor people pay for parking even when they can’t afford a...
by mantas on Tuesday November 15, 2016 @03:42AM
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What percentage of population? 5%? In mean time, people buy used cars for the amount of down payment, if not less. And do oil changes themselves because it's cheaper.
There're already services that cater to those people. Full-service car leases, regular car sharing etc. People who want that already use them. But they don't seem to get that wide adoption. If shared autonomous cars would be adopted as widely, they wouldn't change traffic flow much.
So if the cost of running your car is say $5000 a year and you can get an subscription robocar service for $100 a week then a large number of people will switch.
At the moment it's only cheaper to go car free if it's possible for you to walk/ride/catch public transport to work Mon-Fri and catch the occasional taxi when needed.