Re:Ebikes: I Sing the Ride Electric
by lern_too_spel on Wednesday December 28, 2016 @08:21PM
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Most trips during high traffic are single passenger. Self-driving taxi services will right-size the vehicles for the task, which will reduce congestion some amount, and the vehicles themselves will drive in a more uniform fashion than humans, which will alleviate traffic waves and congestion due to accidents.
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I have difficulties seeing people who now drive 5 series BMW to change to self-driving Renault Twizy[1] just because a self-driving taxi service decides the it is big enough.
And there is a limit how far uniform driving helps. If the capacity is full, it is full.
Re:Ebikes: I Sing the Ride Electric
by lern_too_spel on Thursday December 29, 2016 @07:02PM
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Why? The experience of not driving or looking for parking at all and doing absolutely anything else while you are transported is significantly better than driving a BMW. That's why the really rich people have chauffeurs. There will likely be taxi services that cater to the elite with better interiors, just like there are private plane services that cater to them. The vast majority of people driving mere 5-series BMWs will be happier with merely slightly upscale right-sized taxi services.
Because they can also change to a self driving 5 series BMW instead of Twizy. If they now pay the premium, why not with self driving cars?
Re:Ebikes: I Sing the Ride Electric
by lern_too_spel on Monday January 02, 2017 @12:35PM
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They will then have to find a place to park the car, handle maintenance, etc. The cost premium of offering luxury vs. no luxury is in line with the cost premium of owning a 5 series vs. owning a Toyota. The premium of owning a car vs. not owning a car is not.