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Originally Posted by accord1999
The expense is in operating the cars, not in the driver, who make very little even with old, heavily depreciated cars. Trying to compete against privately owned cars and mass transit means you'll lose money even if you don't pay the driver.
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You also have to include the value of the drivers and passengers attention. Autonomous vehicles allow occupants to consume digital content while driving. Basically, google etc sees these as enabling increased time for people to interact with their products and services. There is a whole new category of 'apps' that are aiming to take advantage of this.
The eyeball time of autonomous vehicle occupants is a big part of the business model.