“Tesla is asking others to buy and run Cybercab Fleets”
IMO - if private vendors own and run cybercab fleets, they will be “on-the-hook”, not Tesla, and thus there is even less direct incentive for Cybercabs to conform to driving laws.
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From a recent article in PopSci (below)
“Cops issuing those tickets basically approach it the same way as they would a car with a human driver. Matthew Raifman, autonomous vehicle and traffic lead at UC Berkeley’s SafeTREC, tells Popular Science that in these cases, it’s the vehicle, not any individual behind the wheel, that’s on the hook–the same as it would be for a human-driven car.”
Yea I’d be hesitant to own a fleet of Cybercabs until the safety case is truly proven out, otherwise you have massive liability and insurance risk. Amazon and others do this with their DSPs (deliver service partners) to offload risk and liability but this would be even more extreme because of the novel technology risk.
This is the main reason why Tesla hasn’t scaled their fleet yet imo.
Even though the trojan horse problem is still there - Waymo likely can't take more than 20% of the rideshare market for that region. This is definitely a test period for Lyft too. If the Lyft partnership falls apart, similar to Uber, then it would be sensational
“Tesla is asking others to buy and run Cybercab Fleets”
IMO - if private vendors own and run cybercab fleets, they will be “on-the-hook”, not Tesla, and thus there is even less direct incentive for Cybercabs to conform to driving laws.
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From a recent article in PopSci (below)
“Cops issuing those tickets basically approach it the same way as they would a car with a human driver. Matthew Raifman, autonomous vehicle and traffic lead at UC Berkeley’s SafeTREC, tells Popular Science that in these cases, it’s the vehicle, not any individual behind the wheel, that’s on the hook–the same as it would be for a human-driven car.”
https://www.popsci.com/technology/what-happens-when-driverless-cars-break-the-law/
Yea I’d be hesitant to own a fleet of Cybercabs until the safety case is truly proven out, otherwise you have massive liability and insurance risk. Amazon and others do this with their DSPs (deliver service partners) to offload risk and liability but this would be even more extreme because of the novel technology risk.
This is the main reason why Tesla hasn’t scaled their fleet yet imo.
Even though the trojan horse problem is still there - Waymo likely can't take more than 20% of the rideshare market for that region. This is definitely a test period for Lyft too. If the Lyft partnership falls apart, similar to Uber, then it would be sensational
Why not? If prices come down, they get airport access, etc I think 1/3 or more is doable.