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Originally Posted by Bill32
So how will it work? Will you call for a ride like a Taxi? Use an APP on your phone like Uber/Lyft? What will be the cost, and if not less expensive why?
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There will be a APP just like Uber/Lyft, the only difference is that there will be no driver.
Elon Musk says that anyone with a self driving car like a Tesla can make make money by making their car available as a taxi when they are not using it. Say you are at work and don't need you car from 9:30AM until 4:30PM... you tell the APP your car is available for use as a taxi, and when you look out the window into the parking lot you may see you car driving itself away to pick up a fare.
But cars that actually drive themselves, what NHSTA calls level 5 automation, are probably 10 years away. Right now the only level 2 automation is being sold.
BTW a level 2 car, like Tesla, BMW, Cadillac and others have, are really terrific and make driving more comfortable but they are not self driving cars.
Automated Vehicles for Safety | NHTSA
There are some places that are adapting cars to a particular environment, like the Villages, but they need highly detailed mapping and environment info to work... they can not find there way around an area that they haven't been "taught about" in detail first. These are not cars the drive themselves.