I know it’s a different subject but gettting people away from car ownership and into ‘on-demand’ self driving cars will be an unrealistic task anytime soon. Setting aside the previous discussions we’ve had about the technical viability of self driving cars, the psychological barriers to getting people out of their cars will be huge.Mr. Dazzle wrote: ↑Sat Dec 19, 2020 3:46 pm To a very great extent that is true, certainly when you consider the average length of car ownership. All the more reason to press ahead with self driving (electric, naturally ) cars and get people away from ownership IMO.
After all, the model of on demand cars already exists, they’re called cabs and car rental companies. I’m not sure what you see in people’s psyche that makes you think they’ll give up the personal fiefdom that is their car anytime soon.