Transportation will shift from ownership to subscription/access model
Predictor: Salim Ismail · ep#236 "Andrew Yang: UBI Before UHI, Solving Job Loss, and the Future of Work | #236" · source
Prediction text
Transportation will shift from ownership to subscription/access model | we won't be purchasing cars, we'll be accessing cars, right? So you flip from consumer ownership to subscription models... That transition that we've seen fully in music, we expect to see in transportation, healthcare, education, energy, anywhere, everywhere.
Verbatim quote
we won't be purchasing cars, we'll be accessing cars, right? So you flip from consumer ownership to subscription models... That transition that we've seen fully in music, we expect to see in transportation, healthcare, education, energy, anywhere, everywhere.
Predictor: Salim Ismail
Calibration plot (stated vs observed)
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Probability over time
Milestone chain
- 2028-11-10pendingQ1 window check-in (25%)
- 2028-01-01 → 2032-12-31pendingVehicle subscription market reaches USD 25-50B globally with double-digit YoY growth (validates that subscription model is mainstreaming, not stalling)How: MarketsandMarkets / Fortune Business Insights / Grand View Research reports show global vehicle subscription revenue >=USD 25B with CAGR >=15% sustained for 3 consecutive yearsSource: MarketsandMarkets Vehicle Subscription Market reportsconf 60%
- 2030-12-31pendingMaaS (Mobility-as-a-Service) market hits USD 40B by 2030 trajectory, with ride-hail + AV-as-a-service exceeding personal vehicle miles in top 10 US/EU citiesHow: MarketsandMarkets MaaS market reaches >=USD 30B AND ride-hail/AV-shared miles exceed personal vehicle miles in at least 10 metro areas (per INRIX or similar mobility tracker)Source: MarketsandMarkets MaaS Market; INRIX mobility dataconf 45%
- 2031-05-25pendingQ2 window check-in (50%)
- 2028-01-01 → 2034-12-31pendingRobotaxi / AV ride-hail (Waymo, Tesla, Zoox, Baidu, Pony) achieves cost-per-mile <=USD 0.50 unlocking subscription economics at parity with ownershipHow: Public disclosure (Waymo, Tesla, etc.) or third-party teardown estimates AV ride-hail cost-per-mile at or below USD 0.50, sustained across multiple citiesSource: Waymo/Tesla investor disclosures; ARK Invest researchconf 50%
- 2029-01-01 → 2035-12-31pendingOEMs (Volvo Care, Porsche Drive, Audi Select, BMW Access, Hyundai/Genesis, Toyota Kinto) report subscription revenue exceeding traditional retail finance in at least one major marketHow: At least 2 major OEMs disclose in annual reports that subscription/access revenue >= traditional vehicle finance revenue in at least one country market (US, UK, Germany, China)Source: OEM annual reports; investor disclosuresconf 40%
- 2033-12-05pendingQ3 window check-in (75%)
- 2030-01-01 → 2038-12-31pendingUS new-vehicle ownership penetration drops materially (registrations per capita, household vehicle count); Gen Z/millennial cohort licenses fall below historical baselineHow: US household vehicle ownership rate per FHWA falls >=5% from 2025 baseline AND under-30 driver license rate continues decline trendSource: Federal Highway Administration; AAA Foundationconf 50%
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Edges that influence THIS node's belief
| Kind | Node | Their prob | P(c|s=T) | P(c|s=F) | Δ implied |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| prereq | S_ASI_SLOW_2040PLUS ASI slow: post-2040 / soft takeoff | 60.0% | 0.550 | 0.050 | -0.092 |
| killer | TK09 Energy Grid Cap (Data Center Power Wall) | 35.0% | 0.050 | 0.550 | -0.067 |
| killer | TK03 AI Regulatory Moratorium (EU/US Capability Freeze) | 10.0% | 0.050 | 0.550 | +0.058 |
| killer | TK02 AI Compute Supply Shock (TSMC/Taiwan Disruption) | 12.0% | 0.050 | 0.550 | +0.048 |
| killer | TK05 Rate Regime Persistence (10y > 5% through 2028) | 30.0% | 0.050 | 0.550 | -0.042 |
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Beneficiaries (24)
Adverse (6)
Prerequisites (6)
| Type | Pred | Title | Domain | Lag |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| prereq | S_ASI_SLOW_2040PLUS | ASI slow: post-2040 / soft takeoff | asi_recursive_self_improvement | — |
| killer | TK09 | Energy Grid Cap (Data Center Power Wall) | — | — |
| killer | TK05 | Rate Regime Persistence (10y > 5% through 2028) | — | — |
| killer | TK01 | AGI Capability Plateau (2026-27 Training Stall) | — | — |
| killer | TK02 | AI Compute Supply Shock (TSMC/Taiwan Disruption) | — | — |
| killer | TK03 | AI Regulatory Moratorium (EU/US Capability Freeze) | — | — |
Dependents (0)
| Type | Pred | Title | Domain | Lag |
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Raw metadata
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"verbatim": "we won't be purchasing cars, we'll be accessing cars, right? So you flip from consumer ownership to subscription models... That transition that we've seen fully in music, we expect to see in transportation, healthcare, education, energy, anywhere, everywhere.",
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