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Re:Volvo is reportedly scaling back its self-driving car exp... by stale2002 on Monday December 18, 2017 @05:01PM (#15955921)
By far the largest cost for a taxi is not the car. It is the driver. Self driving gets rid of that.

It doesn't matter if the cars cost 100K, the driver wages still are larger than the capital costs.

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