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EPISODE · Aug 28, 2017 · 47 MIN

Trucking Quesions from the AudioRoad

from KevinRutherford/Letstruck · host KevinRutherford/Letstruck

I wrote about this in my last article, but I wanted to discuss this on it's own. These are the first numbers I have found about how much Uber could slash costs with an autonomous vehicle. If the savings are this big for autonomous cars, I can't even imagine the number for trucks. Research from asset management firm ARK Invest released earlier this year forecasted that Uber rides in autonomous cars would cost passengers 25 cents per mile. Right now the cost of an UberX taxi ride is about $2.15 per mile, according to ARK. If Uber is able to slash its prices that much with autonomous cars, it could be a disaster for auto manufacturers. A Barclays analyst note predicted earlier this year that ride-hailing services like Uber or Lyft that connect passengers with autonomous taxi cars would cut US auto sales by 40% in the next 25 years

I wrote about this in my last article, but I wanted to discuss this on it's own. These are the first numbers I have found about how much Uber could slash costs with an autonomous vehicle. If the savings are this big for autonomous cars, I can't even imagine the number for trucks. Research from asset management firm ARK Invest released earlier this year forecasted that Uber rides in autonomous cars would cost passengers 25 cents per mile. Right now the cost of an UberX taxi ride is about $2.15 per mile, according to ARK. If Uber is able to slash its prices that much with autonomous cars, it could be a disaster for auto manufacturers. A Barclays analyst note predicted earlier this year that ride-hailing services like Uber or Lyft that connect passengers with autonomous taxi cars would cut US auto sales by 40% in the next 25 years

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