| >> Safety - they'll be safer. Period. > No. I don't think so. Not in the foreseeable future at least.. According to the NHTSA[1], they already are. >>* It's a natural extension for cos like uber - how else can they bring costs down enough? > I don't know or care. The point is that they're dumping money into the tech for their own purposes, regardless of effectiveness as a consumer product >> It meshes well with other aspects of tech reducing friction - deliveries will be cheaper (think dinner, groceries, taskrabbit) > Well, why do you think the providers will reduce the cost? They can always add to their profit, instead of making the service cheaper. I sure hope they do; I'd doubt any of those comapanies make any profit as is. And again, they'll be willing to spend lots of money on the cars, making them a viable product without the consumer market. [1]: https://techcrunch.com/2017/01/19/nhtsas-full-final-investig... |