Selfdriving taxis solves much of the 98% unused car problem.

ndsipa_pomu · 2024-11-30T12:41:06 1732970466

They also create problems in terms of extra journeys as a private car will go from A to B, whereas a taxi goes from C to A to B to C.

It's quite amusing as people try to come up with more efficient use of cars and typically end up reinventing public transport (e.g. buses, trains etc).

DennisP · 2024-11-30T19:57:50 1732996670

Those extra journeys can be minimized with decent routing software. Even if it's as simple as ending up at B, then going directly to the nearest customer waiting for a ride.

And fwiw, if Tesla gets their robotaxi stuff working, their 22-passenger "robovan" is basically a bus anyway, just without a driver.

anticensor · 2024-12-05T00:40:21 1733359221

Their demo event showed a 14-passenger vehicle, but anyway.

BurningFrog · 2024-12-01T00:02:45 1733011365

I doubt that's a big factor.

The big thing they do is to make a huge number of parking spots obsolete!

There will also be far fewer cars doing the same transportation work.

_huayra_ · 2024-11-30T15:54:07 1732982047

Bro just platoon the autonomous taxis into a convoy, give them separated lanes, and get rid of the rubber wheels and add steel wheels and steel lane guides for maximum efficiency. It's obviously new and revolutionary!