EVNow
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Yes - something to be considered.At such production rates the market for ride sharing could be satisfied rather quickly. Especially if not the whole world is on board allowing a car to make a driver with a job redundant. A simple little law that every vehicle needs a licenced designated driver will ruin RoboTaxi and all competing initiatives.
All they do is try and replace one or more jobs per commercial vehicle on the road. Sure there are costs to be saved, but to use such a business model (pushing millions of low wage workers into unemployment, as would Tesla's production accomplish) to market the very pinnacle in automotive tech...seems a waste. And for now, it's actually a stretch.
When there are multiple FSD operations live, it will be a good time to still have a market of people who will actually drive their next car. Tesla seems ready to alienate all customers away from them.
Currently there are a million Uber, Lyft drivers and likely they are the first ones to get replaced.
But, I suspect the changeover is a slower transition and not a overnight switch. It is likely Uber & Lyft drivers start buying Teslas as they get closer to FSD and they will put their cars on the network. So, there may not be much of a replacement that happens in the beginning.