On: What If Your Autonomous Car Keeps Routing You Past Krispy Kreme?

[GhotiFish]

Consider that such base manipulation would be used primarily on the poor.

[ericcumbee → GhotiFish]

I think it is a very long way down the road before the poor start getting self driving cars.

[maxerickson → ericcumbee]

If they work well they should be a more efficient use of capital than a normal car (higher utilization, better adherence to maintenance schedules, etc). That creates an opportunity for per mile charges to be cheaper than owning a car.

(they should obviously be some combination of more profitable and cheaper than a taxi service...)

[egypturnash → ericcumbee]

Self-driving short-term rentals ala Zipcar or Car2Go?