Autonomous cars will make it not sensible to own your own car

Autonomous cars will make it not sensible to own your own car | the promise of autonomous is exactly that, which is it's just not going to make sense for you to own your own car.

Watch events: Waymo 1M rides/wk (end-2026); Tesla Robotaxi scaling; NHTSA AV rules

the promise of autonomous is exactly that, which is it's just not going to make sense for you to own your own car.

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  "verbatim": "the promise of autonomous is exactly that, which is it's just not going to make sense for you to own your own car.",
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  "timeframe": "As autonomous proliferates",
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      "notes": "HIT — analyst consensus shows 40% lower cost/mile by 2027 and 52% per-mile reduction in some markets. Cost crossover with ownership = thesis trigger.",
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