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Uber was supposed to help traffic. It didn’t. Robotaxis will be even worse (www.sfchronicle.com)
submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Uber was supposed to help traffic. It didn’t. Robotaxis will be even worse::px-captcha

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Robotaxis could potentially help traffic by being smaller than current cars. The vast majority of journeys shouldn't require anything bigger than a Renault Twizy.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

On the one hand, you are right. On the other hand, will the consumers of robotaxis want to use small cars or will they push for full size ones?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Don't give them an option....