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Driverless Hotel Rooms: The End of Uber, Airbnb and Human Landlords

3 pointsby stevenking86over 7 years ago

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al2o3crover 7 years ago
I don't follow the economics on this - while you're staying in a stationary "driverless hotel room", you're tying up machinery (the vehicle bit) that represents a lot more capital investment than a static room. How is that supposed to be cheaper?
paulus_magnus2over 7 years ago
In Europe it&#x27;s cheaper[xx] to leave car driving around (indefinitely on a roundabout etc) than to (short-term) park in the cities or at airports.<p>[xx]<p>1h city driving = 20km<p>fuel @ €10&#x2F;100km<p>driving = €2<p>parking = €3-€3.50<p>EVs would be &lt;€1&#x2F;h