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Originally Posted by accord1999
There's nothing stopping people from owning self-driving cars. The future debate is whether they will be privately owned or used in fleet service.
Which means privately owned self-driving cars are cheaper to operate as well. Historically, anything that made cars cheaper to operate has increased their ownership rate.
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Think about it this way.
Ownership - paying for a car used maybe 20% at most, plus upkeep and fuel on a scale of 1
Service - no taxi wage plus scale makes this option way cheaper than ownership almost no matter how you look at it.
The reason car ownership rates increase with cost reduction is convenience. When scaled, automated transportation services will be almost as convenient