Only 20 million cars needed once FSD robotaxis arrive, down from 140 million

Only 20 million cars needed once FSD robotaxis arrive, down from 140 million | once you have FSD, then you have cyber cabs and once you have cabs, you only need 20 million cars to get everybody everywhere they want to go in the in the country down from 140 million or something like that.

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once you have FSD, then you have cyber cabs and once you have cabs, you only need 20 million cars to get everybody everywhere they want to go in the in the country down from 140 million or something like that.

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  "context": "once you have FSD, then you have cyber cabs and once you have cabs, you only need 20 million cars to get everybody everywhere they want to go in the in the country down from 140 million or something like that. Yeah. Uh so it's just like wow, this is a much more efficient country, but what happens to the auto industry?",
  "verbatim": "once you have FSD, then you have cyber cabs and once you have cabs, you only need 20 million cars to get everybody everywhere they want to go in the in the country down from 140 million or something like that.",
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