Waymo teams up with Jaguar to intro a new, premium self-driving car

Re:Waymo teams up with Jaguar to intro a new, premium self-d... by bluGill on Tuesday March 27, 2018 @02:17PM (#16691269)

I did, since I keep my cars for a long time (13 years and counting), and I drive a lot, cost of fuel is the largest share of my costs. The IRS allows ~$.55/mile (this changes regularly and I can't be bothered to look up the latest number), and I'm at 1/5th.

For my truck the numbers are different, but every time I check it turns out you can't actually use a truck for a lot of the things I use my truck for, so even though my per miles costs are something like $5/mile I don't really have a choice for those uses.

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Re:Waymo teams up with Jaguar to intro a new, premium self-d... by notatoad on Tuesday March 27, 2018 @02:24PM (#16691342)

>and I drive a lot,

this is probably the differentiator. I bike to work about 20% of the time in the winter, 80% of the time in the summer, and don't use my car for too much else. So the cost of the car and insurance amortized out over mile driven ends up being pretty high for me.

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Re:Waymo teams up with Jaguar to intro a new, premium self-d... by oblio on Tuesday March 27, 2018 @03:22PM (#16691885)

You also probably have an active partner, probably don’t have kids or some sort of disability, don’t have to go see family out of town, etc., etc. A car gives you a lot more freedom than public transport and is definitely cheaper than taxis (or Uber) for the average person.

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