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Re:NY Times Rides in Waymo Robotaxis in SF by BurningFrog on Tuesday August 22, 2023 @09:20AM (#37222314)
A robo-taxi driving 24/7 replaces 24 cars driving 1h/day, 23 of which are parked on average.

This would be a huge improvement in resource efficiency.

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Re:NY Times Rides in Waymo Robotaxis in SF by danmaz74 on Tuesday August 22, 2023 @09:57AM (#37222800)
Only if there weren't rush hours.
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Re:NY Times Rides in Waymo Robotaxis in SF by mlyle on Tuesday August 22, 2023 @10:24AM (#37223168)
Yes, it was an overreach; we won't get 24x in utilization, but we could pretty easily get a few times. And the cars don't need to then park where people live.
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Re:NY Times Rides in Waymo Robotaxis in SF by BurningFrog on Tuesday August 22, 2023 @10:48AM (#37223539)
Sure, human movement is unevenly distributed, but a robo-taxi can also be used for deliveries during non rush hours.

There is also probably 1 hour of service per day needed.

You won't get 24x efficiency, but 15x is good enough.

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