In all honesty, once self driving cars are an actual thing, individual car ownership won’t really need to be a thing anymore. Which is great for the environment.
Why is self driving a prerequisite? “Car as a service” is something that already exists. It failed because it needed reserved parking spots (you couldn’t just park wherever) and availability was spotty (because of the reserved parking spots).
I’m all in for something like this, but only as a supplement for a strong mass public transportation.
Because the cars wouldn’t have to necessarily park in between rides. You would just request a car and the nearest available one would come pick you up.
You wouldn’t need AI, or at least generative AI, to manage everything. Cars would have onboard sensors and computers to handle the driving part locally, and routes and such could be coordinated from a centralized system.
At most you might want to use some machine learning to improve efficiency, but that’s not the “AI” that people mean today.
If you live in the US, the best place to start is with a junkyard chassis, because if you have a VIN, all else is possible.
If you want to go REALLY nuts, you can effectively create a sandrail type custom vehicle, but it’ll never* be allowed on freeways
(it’s not impossible, but the regulations and testing is a bit excessive)
Seems like a potentially interesting commuter vehicle…
…never mind.
“You will own nothing and be thankful for it”
E: still to will
In all honesty, once self driving cars are an actual thing, individual car ownership won’t really need to be a thing anymore. Which is great for the environment.
I think this idea ignores the secondary utility of cars as a storage space.
And as home batteries.
That’s one hell of an expensive storage solution.
Why is self driving a prerequisite? “Car as a service” is something that already exists. It failed because it needed reserved parking spots (you couldn’t just park wherever) and availability was spotty (because of the reserved parking spots).
I’m all in for something like this, but only as a supplement for a strong mass public transportation.
Because the cars wouldn’t have to necessarily park in between rides. You would just request a car and the nearest available one would come pick you up.
So… The worse of private cars+ the worse of taxis+“AI”?
How is it the worst of any of that? And I’m not sure why you’re assuming AI would be involved.
The self-driving part?
AI isn’t required for that. A Roomba isn’t using AI to do it’s thing.
So the car drives itself with… Real Intelligence? Or just heuristic rules? Maybe a driver in Cambodia remote driving?
You wouldn’t need AI, or at least generative AI, to manage everything. Cars would have onboard sensors and computers to handle the driving part locally, and routes and such could be coordinated from a centralized system.
At most you might want to use some machine learning to improve efficiency, but that’s not the “AI” that people mean today.
So like trains but more expensive and without the walk to the station
Not everywhere in the US has access to those.
It’s more like self driving taxis.
There’s a huge list of places that aren’t in the US though (like, really huge).
*if That is just prediction unless youre a time travelver
There are plenty of reason that its an if but hurdles in the tech, alternitives making it irrelevent or polutical hurdles potentially subverting it.
I would like to build my own car but have no idea where to start.
If you live in the US, the best place to start is with a junkyard chassis, because if you have a VIN, all else is possible. If you want to go REALLY nuts, you can effectively create a sandrail type custom vehicle, but it’ll never* be allowed on freeways
(it’s not impossible, but the regulations and testing is a bit excessive)
Depends on your end goal but I would start by working as an engineer in any sized car company