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Tesla unveils Cybercab: a $30,000 electric robotaxi coming in the next 2 years | Electrek (electrek.co)

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Looks more like the number of cars will stay the same-ish, but now there won't be a taxi driver making a living of it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Wrong. The problem right now is low utilisation of cars. Most cars just sit around 90-95% of the day. A robotaxi would have much higher utilisation, therefore fewer cars are needed overall.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

A robotaxi would have much higher utilisation

You could call this "hope".

Or "wet dream".

[–] [email protected] -1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Are you familiar with the concept of a taxi? Do you really think a taxi does not make more trips per day than a privately owned car?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago

I think that this depends heavily on the success of that enterprise.