What would you pay for autonomous driving? Volkswagen hopes $8.50 per hour • Hacker News Board

Re: What would you pay for autonomous driving? Volkswagen hopes $8.50 per hour

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Post by flyGuyOnTheSly » Thu, Jun 10, 2021, 5:17 AM UTC

This would be ideal for myself.

I spend $1500/year on insurance and about $1000 in gas on a car I barely ever drive.

I am slow to get ready and leave the house as well.

If this thing could just show up at my doorstep and drive me to the grocery store and back every couple of weeks for a few dollars that would be incredible!

Plus I don't have to make smalltalk with a driver, bonus!

Not to mention the space I would save in my garage.

Re: What would you pay for autonomous driving? Volkswagen hopes $8.50 per hour

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Post by ryndbfsrw » Thu, Jun 10, 2021, 5:18 AM UTC

You will own nothing and love it

Re: What would you pay for autonomous driving? Volkswagen hopes $8.50 per hour

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Post by holoduke » Thu, Jun 10, 2021, 5:19 AM UTC

aussieguy1234 wrote: post #3

If you don't have to also buy the car, this might be reasonable

I despise the whole sharing economy. I prefer the good old days where i own everything i use.

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Post by 8ytecoder » Thu, Jun 10, 2021, 5:19 AM UTC

darzu wrote: post #6

An hour can move you 60 miles on the highway, which is likely at least 2 gallons of gas. So gas would be $6-8. $8.50 seems like a great deal.

Uhm, it says "access the features". I presume you own the car, have insurance, pay for gas and then also pay for the software "driver".

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Post by timc3 » Thu, Jun 10, 2021, 5:21 AM UTC

darzu wrote: post #6

An hour can move you 60 miles on the highway, which is likely at least 2 gallons of gas. So gas would be $6-8. $8.50 seems like a great deal.

It sounds like this would be on top of other costs.

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Jun 10, 2021, 5:23 AM UTC

xmly wrote: post #8

sneak wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How about to use the internet? Or to use the smartphone you already paid for? Attempts at renting your own hardware back to you should be rejected on sight.

I would compare it with the apps on my iPhone like Netflix.

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Post by a254613e » Thu, Jun 10, 2021, 5:23 AM UTC

Considering software like that will always need further development, I'm not objecting to have it as an optional subscription and the price sounds reasonable to me. I would use it. Not for every small trip to the store, but for longer trips definitely.

That being said I think this would lead to more hardware, not just software, being locked behind subscriptions - as the article already mentions battery range/performance subscription. Simply because the companies are greedy. That's something that I would refuse to pay for via subscription.

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Post by dheera » Thu, Jun 10, 2021, 5:23 AM UTC

aussieguy1234 wrote: post #3

If you don't have to also buy the car, this might be reasonable

I was going to say, $8.50/hour autonomous Uber sounds amazing. $50 to get from the bay area to Mt. Shasta.

But if you have to own the car, fuck that. If you own it you should own access to all features that the hardware is capable of.

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Post by forgot_old_user » Thu, Jun 10, 2021, 5:23 AM UTC

speedgoose wrote: post #10

I would rather pay someone to hack my car so I don't have to pay per hour.

What if it crashes into someone, wouldn't you be responsible then?

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Jun 10, 2021, 5:23 AM UTC

ryndbfsrw wrote: post #12

You will own nothing and love it

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