you clearly are pro-car (and that’s fine!), but let me dissect your answers into a hypothetical world of robotaxis.
I had that at my previous place and I got so fed up I bought a Vespa just to commute.
My SO works 50km away, it’s a fix 47 minutes by public transport or a random time if you drive between 40 and 80 minutes. Which one would you choose? Or let’s say Basel to Zürich, twice a day?
So, in this case you’re unlucky, so you drive… Some other person might be lucky. The question is the balance or ratio of these two.
This would not change with Robotaxis. You can also book a Mobility vehicle ad-hoc if there’s one. Alas, the provider is optimizing for utilization. Same would probably hold true of a 100k robo-car instead of a 20k Renault Clio.
This would probably be similar, without you having to walk. The car needs to come to you (that also can be time consuming, depending on traffic).
Imagine what people would do in a robo-car if not even a driver is there. Same-same.
On the contrary though, the station I’ve been using in Zürich has surprisingly clean (cleanliness level “OK”, not top notch) cars. Maybe it’s a coincidence.
Same-same. They have to be mass-produced utility vehicles at first. Same “differentiator” badge would apply, people would still scoff at the “stupid robotaxis”. Something like we used to mock AG plates. That’s also probably is just a fairytale and not a data-based fact.
That’s way to many IF’s. Uber exists today (just checked, 20CHF from here to get to downtown, car here in 3 minutes).
- It can’t possibly get much lower on price / current price level doesn’t hurt that much
- It can’t possibly get cleaner as the human driver will today stop you from being nasty / clean the car himself before the next guy gets in
- it will not be safer for a long while than human-driven cars.
- it will not be there significantly quicker at your doorstep.
You clearly need your own car and are happy to pay for it and that’s fine, have it your way.
(I’m the same, BTW, but trying to use less fossil fuels whenever possible)