Uber confirms SoftBank has agreed to invest

Re:Uber confirms SoftBank has agreed to invest by spikels on Monday November 13, 2017 @02:25PM (#15689348)

I have gone through a few different versions of these calculations and got similar results. Even if the driverless tech costs more it is still around half the costs of a human driven car.

On factor I have not seen fully addressed is the ability of driverless cars to run near 24/7. Given than demand is variable and human drivers could share cars like taxis what is the worth in practice?

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Re:Uber confirms SoftBank has agreed to invest by nindalf on Monday November 13, 2017 @02:48PM (#15689582)

I think having access to rides at all hours is helpful. You might not take many rides at 2am, but when you do, its something pretty important. Having a safe option that's available at any time of day or night will make self-driving equal to or better than actually owning a car and far superior to conventional taxi rides.

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