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by gamblor956 352 days ago
I wasn't aware that a car could fit in an elevator and deliver to your door...

People pay for Uber and Lyft because they're too lazy to leave their apartment. Tesla would have to be significantly cheaper than its competitors in order to justify the front-door-tax.

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Uber and Lyft necessitate leaving the apartment. How else are you going to take the rid somewhere?

I assume you mean food delivery, though. In my experience, it isn't about being lazy to leave the apartment. It's that the infrastructure where I live is so spread out that it'll be at least 30 minutes total of driving to get that meal, and that isn't accounting for cooking time. A 5 minute walk would be much more tolerable.

In the context of this subtopic, Uber refers to UberEats, which is a larger business than the rideshare.
There's no way people will pay more money just to not walk to their door or lobby. Pricing always wins in mass market consumer products. The human option will be the luxury