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You May Be Able to Own a Self-Driving Car After All
January 8, 2022 /
For years, automakers focused on using autonomous technology for “robotaxis,” akin to a shared Uber. A GM announcement this week shows that’s changing.
If city dwellers could depend on fleets of shared robotaxis for long trips, they could abandon the personal car altogether. Then the vestiges of car culture—the gas stations, the parking lots, the garages, the street parking—might disappear too. Who knew what sorts of parks, homes, and bike lanes might spring up in their wake?
Now, almost a decade into the self-driving experiment, the future looks more complicated.
“The easiest way to actually make money from autonomy is to offer it as a feature for the consumer market.” Mike Ramsey
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This is very disappointing and surprising. Most privately owned vehicles are not used for 80-90% of the time. Subscribing to an autonomous non-petrol fleet will have the opportunity to significantly change our way of life. The end of carcatecture – everything in our life based around the car – is coming if we put quality of life, climate change and our future above profits for a handful of companies.