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Originally Posted by DrFerry
Do you see the Elite running around in such contraptions? No. They will still be driving Bugattis, Paghanis, Ferraris, Rolls-Royce, Lamborghinis while the little people have self-driving contraptions forced upon them. Where is the free market demand for autonomous EVs coming from? That's right there isn't any.
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To answer your question: the current demand for autonomous electric cars is equal to the total revenue of the uber, Lyft & taxi industry. Once autonomous EV reaches a level where it works safely, Having a driver in a taxi is as necessary as having a lift operator in an elevator.
the expected demand is roughly equivalent to the total market share of entry level cars (Mazda 3's and the like), because once the average person can get a driverless taxi as cheaply and easily as a Manhattan resident can get a taxi today, people will use them instead of owning a car.
2 car families will become 1 car families. Working class people without kids will use pay-for-use private transport.
Car enthusiasts, special needs users (eg. 7 seaters, disabled etc.) and the wealthy will still own cars. Inner City multilevel carparks will be demolished to make way for more apartments or office buildings, because cars will be able to drive themselves out of the city to get a park.
Drink driving will become a thing of the past.