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Re:Lyft Loses $600M in 2016 as Revenue Rises to $700M by disordinary on Sunday January 15, 2017 @01:48PM (#13405592)
It's like air b&b, you build the cost of wear and tear and maintenance into your pricing. As others said, a modern vehicle will have cameras and the ability to lock it's doors and drive someone to a police station. You also have a car like the Tesla Model X which has a separate compartment in the back, so the customers will be isolated from the driving area.
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Re:Lyft Loses $600M in 2016 as Revenue Rises to $700M by manarth on Sunday January 15, 2017 @05:03PM (#13406658) 

  "and the ability to lock it's doors and drive someone to a police station"
That's unlikely, without a change in the law. Some modern cars do allow the doors to be locked remotely, but they don't prevent the doors from being unlocked from inside. Nor could I imagine an autonomous vehicle not stopping (for safety) when a door opened.

I imagine that being able to identify the person renting the car, and cameras to show their actions, would be deterrence for most. For the rest, there's insurance.

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