Leafdriver333
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Lol. Unless of course FSD gets updated to avoid potholes..
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Leafdriver333
Somewhat Active Member
Yup.Yikes ! If everybody is buying another car to do business, we are going to have a lot more cars on the road !
I could buy 10 Tesla's and send them to a big touristy City and put them to work.
After two years, they are paid off with 150k miles on them. I would sell them for $15k each. That's $150k in my pocket.
And repeat with new set of ten cars.
If its that profitable Tesla will keep those cars rather than selling them to you.
It would be a net decrease in cars on the road. Demand for travel won't go up much, but cars will be used at 80% capacity instead of 10%. Fewer people will bother to buy cars.Yikes ! If everybody is buying another car to do business, we are going to have a lot more cars on the road !
Garlan Garner
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Yikes ! If everybody is buying another car to do business, we are going to have a lot more cars on the road !
That's what they said about Uber and Lyft.
I wonder if it came true.
Another thought I had: Tesla might let people "subscribe" to cars at a much lower cost than traditional car ownership. With a mandatory requirement to allocate certain times of day or amount of hours for it to be a fleet Robotaxi. This might be an interesting approach if everything related to the car's maintenance and insurance was handled for you and you're basically buying a timeshare on a vehicle for your manual driving needs.
jkliu47
Member
I think Tesla's lease plan for the Model 3's answers that. Tesla will reclaim those Model 3's at the end of the program for reassignment to the Robotaxi fleet.
With that many miles per year it doesn't seem profitable.
Don't forget a huge chunk of that would go to taxes.
And you'd probably go through two sets of tires plus other maintenance.
It just doesn't add up. Maybe if you can get the car for $25K 3 year lease?
Exactly... no way I'd allow strangers in my daily driver, but would definitely buy a TM3 Performance and relegate my current LR AWD to robotaxi duty.
I guess some owners want to be surprised
I am also amazed that there is very little discussion about the reaction of other parties to the introduction of robotaxis. There is a lot of animosity from taxi drivers vs. Uber already. Cannot imagine they will just sit idle while Tesla is rolling out a driverless taxi fleet.
I am also amazed that there is very little discussion about the reaction of other parties to the introduction of robotaxis. There is a lot of animosity from taxi drivers vs. Uber already. Cannot imagine they will just sit idle while Tesla is rolling out a driverless taxi fleet.
whitex
Well-Known Member
So when the car is an accident, regardless of fault, Tesla will guarantee an equivalent or better Tesla loaner from day 1 for however long it will take them to fix it, or $500 cash a day to rent one from Hertz or somewhere else if they don't have available loaners? Same if someone pukes all over the car and it needs new upholstry, etc. Right? And of course, they pay more per mile than they charge as an overage on a lease, sufficiently more to pay for wearables like tires and still bring profit? All that in writing and backed by Elon's personal wealth? Sure, I'd consider. Without the above written guarantees, not a chance. Someone hits the robotaxi and I have no car for 6 months while Tesla is looking for spare parts. No thanks.
All this of course purely hypothetical, Tesla is not going to have robotaxis by the time time soon. Some light reading on why even in the most positive ourlook, if everything goes just right, still not going to happen in the timeline Elon dreams of.
Tesla’s autonomy event: Impressive progress with an unrealistic timeline/
Uncle Paul
Well-Known Member
I envision RoboTaxi as a call requests comes to your phone. If the route is acceptable you OK on your smart phone. Your automatous Tesla will open your garage door, drive to the location and unlock a door when the customer enters a code. Customer will touch no controls. Owner will still be in total control of the vehicle.
It will drive the patron to the destination, unlock the door and the ride will end when the door is closed again. Patron will be billed and $ put in your account. Tesla will stay out for other fares or return to it's garage.
Owner will profit about $30,000/yr. Tesla will provide insurance and feedback. In car video monitoring will provide consistant surveilance of the patron for the duration of the ride.
Seems like a no brainer for me. Most people keep their cars parked 90% of the time anyways. For a car with a million mile driveline the profits could be considerable, and allow many to live a life of leisure, with just a few of them in their fleet.
Making money while you sleep...
It will drive the patron to the destination, unlock the door and the ride will end when the door is closed again. Patron will be billed and $ put in your account. Tesla will stay out for other fares or return to it's garage.
Owner will profit about $30,000/yr. Tesla will provide insurance and feedback. In car video monitoring will provide consistant surveilance of the patron for the duration of the ride.
Seems like a no brainer for me. Most people keep their cars parked 90% of the time anyways. For a car with a million mile driveline the profits could be considerable, and allow many to live a life of leisure, with just a few of them in their fleet.
Making money while you sleep...
whitex
Well-Known Member
I wonder whether it will be cheaper to rent than a motel by the hour. Put a sticker on the camera if you feel the need for privacy while you do whatever you want alone or with a partner.
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