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Originally Posted by BlackArcher101
I keep thinking of one aspect. What will happen to the big car manufacturers?
With driving cars, you would no longer need big engine options or things of that nature. Primary just comfort items would be options, such as leather vs cloth. This will no doubt remove the complexity of car manufacturing. Will style even matter at that point, if everyone is driving at the same pace like robots, with their head down in their tablet/book reader? So if cars turn more generic, will the industry be decimated?
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I think the better question is if it will make sense for the average person to even own a car anymore?
I can see a system where you can summon with your phone/watch/glasses/etc the nearest available self driving car to pick you up and tell it where to go.
A company can most likely offer a rate to use their cars a lot cheaper than it would be to use your own car (including fuel, insurance, maintenance and the original cost of the car) assuming the company gets high utilization out of the cars at any given time.