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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
People are suggesting that there will be a massive supply of vehicles available for shared consumption. Who is supplying these vehicles, and why?
The car companies build cars. They will continue to build cars. They don't care if cars are gas, electric, or nuclear powered -as long as they are building them.
Why question is: who is supplying us with all these cars that we are going to share? How will it be profitable for them? Surely someone thinks there is an actual business case here, or is everyone just hoping for unicorns?
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If car sharing is profitable, car sharing outfits will supply as many as necessary. To make money. And car manufacturers (if they aren't running the service themselves) will build them.
Who supplies cabs? Who supplies Car2Gos?
Nobody expects it to be a free service. You'll have to pay for it. That's where the unicorn doesn't come in.