[JumpCrisscross]

> a strong enough rideshare union will eventually force autonomous vehicles out of the state

Zero chance. What we may see is the legacy rideshare providers ceding the market to autonomously native providers.

But even then, this is ringfenced to California. If the unions go Luddite, one can contain the problem the way California’s home insurance market is segregated.

[guywithahat]

what do you mean zero chance? The purpose of unions is to protect the workers at the cost of everything (and everyone) else. They would absolutely lobby for autonomous vehicles to have a unionized supervisor, no matter how little the supervisor contributes, and they could easily win that fight in CA.