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Re:Cruise is running an autonomous ride hailing service for ... by sourceless on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @12:15PM (#14959342)
You have to pay a human to take you. Humans are expensive.
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Re:Cruise is running an autonomous ride hailing service for ... by rubicon33 on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @12:40PM (#14959619)
and smelly, and talk too much, and the biggest one of all: suck at driving.
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Re:Cruise is running an autonomous ride hailing service for ... by aianus on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @04:12PM (#14962025)
The human part is pretty cheap compared to the other parts at least here in Toronto:

Car insurance $220 (20h at minimum wage)

Car payment $780 (70h at minimum wage)

Gas $200 (18h at minimum wage)

Parking $250 (22h at minimum wage)

If I didn't enjoy driving and having a nice car, it would already be cheaper to Uber everywhere.

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Re:Cruise is running an autonomous ride hailing service for ... by smm2000 on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @06:12PM (#14963403)
$780/m lease is payment for 6 years pays for 60k car. More realistic lease payment is $200-$250/m.

Average insurance in US is ~$100/m

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Re:Cruise is running an autonomous ride hailing service for ... by zjaffee on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @05:16PM (#14962789)
Maybe I'm getting confused due to currency changes, but I think you could certainly divide all of those numbers by two in many American markets.
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Re:Cruise is running an autonomous ride hailing service for ... by daxaxelrod on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @12:26PM (#14959457)
This is the right answer
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