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Originally Posted by Brupal
Why would they be cheaper than a guy driving a Prius? Because they don’t have to PAY the guy driving the Prius.
When your biggest expense is the driver, and you cut that out, you suddenly have a lot of wiggle room. Then when you get your magical self driving car at builder’s cost (because you built it) you can save a bit more. And when the software that costs $8,000 US for anyone else to have but you can flick it on for free then you save a bunch of other costs. And then when you can probably charge the car below the posted rates for the rest of the masses (or even if you can’t but it’s still cheaper than gasoline) and your maintenance and repair costs are at cost with no labour instead of at market rates then you can shave some more costs. So now tell me how Tesla won’t be the lowest cost and highest profit ride share provider. Goodbye Uber, Lyft, and yes eventually Waymo unless they somehow pivot to some extraordinary high end bespoke limousine level service provider.
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