[Stickshiftpsycho]

fact

The first fully-electric AV to be available on the Lyft network

Today, Lyft, Inc. (Nasdaq: LYFT) and Motional, a global leader in driverless technology, announced the launch of Motional’s new all-electric IONIQ 5-based robotaxi, an autonomous vehicle (AV) designed for fully driverless ride-hail operation, on the Lyft network in Las Vegas.

www.lyft.com

 

[Volvonaut]

This is always “5 years away”, to lure insane venture capital investors. The same way Uber/Gryft themselves are still around without ever turning a genuine profit. Meanwhile do you think they can even figure out how to perform GPS up and down a parking garage.

 

[Emptynesst]

This is always “5 years away”, to lure insane venture capital investors. The same way Uber/Gryft themselves are still around without ever turning a genuine profit. Meanwhile do you think they can even figure out how to perform GPS up and down a parking garage.

Op has started this thread multiple times in different sections hoping to get a cheering section going

 

[Volvonaut]

Op has started this thread multiple times in different sections hoping to get a cheering section going

Good catch lmao

 

[dnlbaboof]

yes maybe not now but 10 years from now........

 

[bobby747]

Driverless cars cannot work this cheap

 

[Emptynesst]

Good catch lmao

yes maybe not now but 10 years from now........

10 years from your 10 years , maybe , but who knows maybe another ten years after that , just not sure though , lmao

 

[Donatello]

Everyone riding lux level car costs for X pay? Car cleanup, their maintenance will probably cost an arm and a leg, did I mention self driving has major flaws that some congressmen are working on preparing to sue? You will not be able to call it self driving until there is ZERO human contact, if Tesla can't, what makes you think anyone else can? Tesla has the most advanced self driving on earth.

 

[Trafficat]

Yes we will go extinct. But not for a long, long time.

 

[Stevie The magic Unicorn]

In order to have self driving for-hire service work accross an entire market you need the following,

1. Safe operation with the only human in the car being drunk and blind.

2. The ability to pick up anwhere in the advertised market, and drop off anywhere with 2-3 hours away from the advertised market

3. If uber drops the rideshare model and switches to self driving vehicles they will need ADA accesible WAVS, with human drivers... At the current time In Orlando this describes zero uberX drivers. I'm talking vans/SUVS with roll on ramps and a human driver to tie down the passenger and for loading of wheelchairs etc when they can transfer. They also legally won't be able to charge more for this, because the ADA.

4. A great level of quality control to prevent people from getting jabbed by dirty drug needles left by the previous passenger. You also need enough cameras to identify who shit in the back seat, and when. Who drew dicks on the vinyl or melted them in with a hot lighter.

5. Perfect up to date mapping and venue specific staging and pickup areas for large events,

6. Accurate road closing and detour information supplied to the company with 100% accuracy within minutes.

7. Teaching the customer that robots can't be programmed to break the law and accept that you can only be picked up and dropped off from legal parking spaces.

8. Increase the available parking spaces so there's a sizable amount of idle empty parking spcaes accross the board, or specifically designateed AND ENFORCED rideshare pickup areas.


Of these 8 things these companies will be able to control 1/2 of them. The other half are mere pipe dreams.


Unless you think i'm being exxessive on any of these requirements?

 

[Useful237]

How have these cars been working out in Vegas since launch?

 

[painfreepc]

In order to have self driving for-hire service work accross an entire market you need the following,

1. Safe operation with the only human in the car being drunk and blind.

2. The ability to pick up anwhere in the advertised market, and drop off anywhere with 2-3 hours away from the advertised market

3. If uber drops the rideshare model and switches to self driving vehicles they will need ADA accesible WAVS, with human drivers... At the current time In Orlando this describes zero uberX drivers. I'm talking vans/SUVS with roll on ramps and a human driver to tie down the passenger and for loading of wheelchairs etc when they can transfer. They also legally won't be able to charge more for this, because the ADA.

4. A great level of quality control to prevent people from getting jabbed by dirty drug needles left by the previous passenger. You also need enough cameras to identify who shit in the back seat, and when. Who drew dicks on the vinyl or melted them in with a hot lighter.

5. Perfect up to date mapping and venue specific staging and pickup areas for large events,

6. Accurate road closing and detour information supplied to the company with 100% accuracy within minutes.

7. Teaching the customer that robots can't be programmed to break the law and accept that you can only be picked up and dropped off from legal parking spaces.

8. Increase the available parking spaces so there's a sizable amount of idle empty parking spcaes accross the board, or specifically designateed AND ENFORCED rideshare pickup areas.


Of these 8 things these companies will be able to control 1/2 of them. The other half are mere pipe dreams.


Unless you think i'm being exxessive on any of these requirements?

I've done a lot of thinking about the medical transport thing and the special events, I used to do medical transport so there's no way these self-driving cars are going to be operational for anyone with disabilities that needs assistance, and then you have the special events, I worked at Elton John concert at the Dodger Stadium, when you go up Stadium Way it's a parking lot and sometimes the customers will come down to the cars in the traffic and get in and the driver simply makes a U turn and goes back the other way, so now we're going to have self-driving cars working events, that I assume are not going to break any traffic laws whatsoever, whoopee more cars still in traffic because they're too stupid to turn around or take a side street or whatever.

 

[painfreepc]

Oh and what about the airport, how many self-driving cars are going to know that the passenger it's pulling up to has way too much luggage for their cars who's going to supervise that

 

[Useful237]

And how are these cars even going to wash themselves? They don't even have arms.

Until these so-smart self driving cars learn how to grow arms, we're safe.

 

[Atavar]

And how are these cars even going to wash themselves? They don't even have arms.

Until these so-smart self driving cars learn how to grow arms, we're safe.

Oh, I’m sure going through the company car wash would be trivial. Just one more robotic piece.

 

[Atavar]

Oh and what about the airport, how many self-driving cars are going to know that the passenger it's pulling up to has way too much luggage for their cars who's going to supervise that

Actually they will have an advantage there. If the pax can cram it in it will work. Heck, they could send a car home crammed wit nothing but luggage and no pax and the car wouldn’t care.
The drug dealers are going to love it.

 

[Useful237]

Oh, I’m sure going through the company car wash would be trivial. Just one more robotic piece.

Well who's going to run the car wash?? I'd like to see this so called self-running car hwash operated by this fancy schmancy AI, I tell you hwhat!

Next thing I'll hear is these self-running car hwash is gonna darn tootin grow arms too! Haba haba haba not in my lifetime!!

 

[Stevie The magic Unicorn]

I'm willing to play devils advocate.

Most car wash "fails" are results of human failure. However on the other side of the coin hand car washes are superior to machine washes.

But once you move from the exterior to the interior you need to do that by hand.


Which is another point against SDVs. how many miles will they waste driving back to their cleaning center for cleanup every day? Well I'm going to be honest I keep the taxis/uber/whatever neat and tidy by constantly watching it all day. 20 seconds and I can pick up a little bit of paper trash, which would otherwise start to build up quickly.

If you have to double the mileage the vehicle has to drive in order to keep them clean you're going to start eating into your profits.

 

[Uberdriver2710]

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