Now that full autonomy and fleet sharing are officially part of Master Plan Part Deux, I'm curious to see how many present/future owners here would be willing to participate. Would you let your baby out un-escorted if it generated revenue?
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I think that's an idea, but I'll bet there will be Tesla owned and operated sharing cars available in major cities that will generate extra revenue for Tesla.I mentioned this in another thread, but the Model S/X are at the wrong price points and current Tesla owners are the wrong demographic to consider sharing their primary vehicle. I wouldn't share my Model 3 for a number of reasons, including not wanting any of the sunglasses or other personal items that I tend to keep in the car stolen.
How about a slightly different question, because there's a potential business angle hidden in Elon's statement:
Would you consider buying/leasing a second Model 3 if sharing it full time made you $35K/year? (One year to break-even)
In cities where demand exceeds the supply of customer-owned cars, Tesla will operate its own fleet, ensuring you can always hail a ride from us no matter where you are.
I mentioned this in another thread, but the Model S/X are at the wrong price points and current Tesla owners are the wrong demographic to consider sharing their primary vehicle. I wouldn't share my Model 3 for a number of reasons, including not wanting any of the sunglasses or other personal items that I tend to keep in the car stolen.
How about a slightly different question, because there's a potential business angle hidden in Elon's statement:
Would you consider buying/leasing a second Model 3 if sharing it full time made you $35K/year? (One year to break-even)
Yes, "Sometimes" and "Only to people I know" are good options that I should have included. Interestingly I did consider the "only to people I know" part, but then I thought anyone I trusted unconditionally with the car would be a relatively close friend or good acquaintance and I likely wouldn't be inclined to want to charge them! At this stage I'd be far more focused on using this as a tactic to woo them out of their ICE-mobiles.I would vote for another option: SOMETIMES
Normally you have private stuff in your car. If I have to fly away abroad for a longer time, I would empty the car and share it maybe with people I know.... personally...
The most secure system I've yet seen for vetting guest drivers for private rentals is Turo's. I had to send them all kinds of different pics of me with both my drivers licence and passport for them to run checks before I could rent from them (getting a S70D from a gent on that site for my visit to the factory in August, can't wait) and they also have a system to rate both providers and renters on the site like Uber. Something like this will definitely be required and may help allay fears. I still think I would only do it with a second vehicle bought for that purpose.I'm voting "maybe." Like MissAutobahn says, sometimes there are conditions. Perhaps I could have a list of friends, family members and co-workers whom I can trust to rent my car. Perhaps I could only send it out during regular business hours for commuting to work, but not send it out on weekend evenings to carry drunk people on a pub crawl. Perhaps I would only accept customers with a certain feedback rating (does Uber have this already? I haven't used Uber). And, if the economics work, perhaps some of us will build up a small fleet of basic Model 3's just to earn income.