A Week with Chauffeurs Showed the Major Flaw in a Self-Driving Car Future

Re:A Week with Chauffeurs Showed the Major Flaw in a Self-Dr... by Aloha on Saturday November 16, 2019 @02:38PM (#21554479)

If the future is car as a service, then yes congestion does not automatically get worse, you call an automated car to pick you up, and another one to take you home, it might also mean that more ride sharing happens too

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Re:A Week with Chauffeurs Showed the Major Flaw in a Self-Dr... by Moru on Sunday November 17, 2019 @12:28AM (#21556698)

But we already have buses and bicycles. Car as a service might just as well make the congestion worse since it will go empty to pick you up.

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Re:A Week with Chauffeurs Showed the Major Flaw in a Self-Dr... by maccam94 on Sunday November 17, 2019 @03:51AM (#21557120)

Think Uber carpooling, minus drivers, much cheaper, and short pickup times. Maybe 6-10 person shuttles instead of sedans/SUVs in denser areas. To a car service, moving an empty vehicle is inefficient and a waste of money.

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Re:A Week with Chauffeurs Showed the Major Flaw in a Self-Dr... by masonic on Sunday November 17, 2019 @05:46AM (#21557362)

Keeping an empty electric vehicle in motion all the time is cheaper than parking it, in urban contexts.

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Re:A Week with Chauffeurs Showed the Major Flaw in a Self-Dr... by jcranmer on Sunday November 17, 2019 @09:30AM (#21558019)

Because you're not pricing the externalities of having zero-occupant vehicles roaming around streets that are already at or near maximum capacity.

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