In cities people mostly won't own cars once autonomy mainstream (subscription model).

In cities people mostly won't own cars once autonomy mainstream (subscription model). | they mostly won't own cars at least in cities right in rural areas I think we'll see car ownership maintained for a long time but car ownership is an artifact of low utilization economics once you have autonomy converting the car from a consumer product to a service layer essentially it becomes a subscription model

they mostly won't own cars at least in cities right in rural areas I think we'll see car ownership maintained for a long time but car ownership is an artifact of low utilization economics once you have autonomy converting the car from a consumer product to a service layer essentially it becomes a subscription model

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