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10 sats \ 2 replies \ @gmd 7h \ parent \ on: Amazon's Zoox Robotaxi Launches in Las Vegas tech
I don't own a Tesla but curious what % of owners would be open to letting their car join a taxi fleet while they're work... I suppose internal cameras would deter people from having sex or doing anything insane in your car... I might do it if they had a way to discriminate against riders by socioeconomic factors lol
I wouldn't, just like I wouldn't Airbnb my home. The potential headaches outweigh the benefits, IMO. Seems like there are more preferable ways to make money.
In my experience of the "sharing economy", what starts out as "sharing" eventually just gets professionalized, kinda like how uber driving got professionalized and Airbnb hosting got professionalized.
I think most people like to keep a separation between personal and professional usage of their stuff, and so the share of providers who actually mix the two is usually small relative to the share who do it professionally.
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Yeah I've turned into a bit of a germaphobe and don't like the idea of strangers using my car... but it seems if you're not a "car guy", they are vastly underutilized- taking you to and from work and then they just sit there doing absolutely nothing for several hours. If they could get a no frills Tesla version in the 20-30k range I think a lot of people would be able to detach themselves from car ownership to a more utilitarian perspective.
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