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Originally Posted by Grant66
We may be looking at a world where if I need to get from A to B I'll tap my app, an autonomous vehicle will arrive, take me to B. I don't need to worry about buying it, maintaining, parking or charging it.
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Can't see this ever quite happening myself. Maintenance and cleaning will be the issue. A lot of current owner-driven taxis are pretty grubby inside - I wouldn't want to sit in many for extended periods when sober.
Also, would you risk being the passenger in a poorly-maintained autonomous vehicle at risk of crashing?
IMHO, cleaning and mechanical maintenance will be the areas where owners seek to compromise in order to maximise the asset availability, leading to a pretty unpleasant experience (depending on previous occupants).
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Originally Posted by Grant66
We need to stop thinking about the future as an extension of the status quo and consider alternatives to mass individual vehicle ownership.
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Although I do concede that is a good point. I recall a quote I heard in the past: "A developed world is not one where everyone has a car, a developed world is one where the well-off use public transport" (Source unknown).