ROBOTAXIS ARE THE FUTURE (May 2024)

Always good to hear from someone else who understands the world changing disruptions that are headed our way. Keep 'em coming!

Have you read the Master Plans? I can get a taxi now if I want to, I don't want to and couldn't care less if their is a driver in it or not. I like driving and I want my own car.

Good vid. The Truth

The future is not robotaxis, but roborentals. Or rather: taxis and rentals will become the same thing. With one important thing that sets it apart from current taxi services: you pick the vehicle according to your needs for the day (just like with rentals). You might still want to own a car for the daily commute. But a second car for the occasional shopping? Would you select the car that you own based on all your needs? Daily driver, must be suitable for holiday road trips as well as tow the boat on weekends and so on. No. You’d have one daily driver to get your carcass from A to B in whatever style you deem appropriate. Everything else, the truck for weekends, the holiday vehicle, the fun convertible, those you would rent when you want one. Car rentals already exist. The one thing that makes it shitty is that it’s not on demand. But imagine a rental car that you select and call up from an app, and have it rock up at your place 30 minutes later. And when you’re done with it, tell it to bugger off and it will return to the depot. No hassle. Self driving cars will not do away with car ownership. But it will greatly cut into the number of second cars, and greatly affect the way we choose the car that we do own.

I’m not bullish on robotaxis at all. First FSD has to be iron-clad, because I do not want to die in some freak accident that could’ve been avoided had it been me behind the wheel. Be an early adopter if you want. I’ll be over here waiting until all the bugs are fixed first.

Are out of your mind? Do you really think people are going want to give up their cars, own NOTHING and then PAY the BILLIONAIRE for every ride?

I HAVEN'T SEEN A TAXI IN YEARS. I'VE NEVER SEEN A CAR WITH AN UBER SIGN ON IT. WHAT IS HE TALKING ABOUT. /s

Hi Keith, you are trying really hard. but to be convincing and successful, you need to go more into detail and present some (not necessarily factual) data and make a proper case. you can make up everything out of thin air, like you do—it's fine. But sound more like you know what you are talking about, and pretend you have deep inside knowledge!

Yea but … it’s the timeline. It’s “the future “ but it’s not in the next 10 years. The ramp is longer.