I want self-driving cars to come out soon...

December 2017, 12 ·
Yesterday and today, I drove long distances in a row for the first time in a while. I used to do this a lot in the past, but now that I've been using the Shinkansen and airplanes more often, I felt nostalgic.
But, long-distance car trips are a waste of time. If I can't read a book, I can't work...
I've tried using Kindle's read aloud feature, but it's not very useful, so it doesn't seem to work at the moment.
With that in mind, my imagination ran wild.
I want self-driving cars to come out soon...
When self-driving cars come out, we'll be able to use everything efficiently while traveling...
But it doesn't stop there. I think we could also have self-driving taxis or shared taxis of private cars that are much cheaper than taxis.
There are already car sharing apps available today.
https://anyca.net/
It seems that you can earn rental fees ranging from 1 yen a day to over 3000 yen for a luxury car.
I think that the time occupancy rate of private cars for most people is less than 1%. If you drive for one hour a day, that's 1/24, so about XNUMX%, and if you drive for two hours, it's XNUMX%.
If autonomous driving and Uber-like sharing become possible, it will theoretically be possible to bring all cars to close to 100% operation. Working backwards from that, we could see a world where we don't need an extremely small number of cars.
There are likely to be many other benefits as well. If each car could be perfectly synchronized, it would be possible to eliminate traffic jams no matter how much traffic volume increases.
Furthermore, if you have a fully flat camper van-style shared car when traveling to a place that takes about six hours, you can do something like a family ski tour on the weekend, relaxing and resting, without paying for accommodation.
Even now, many places offer campervans for around 5 yen per night, so if you are planning a ski trip with a family of four, renting a campervan is still a good deal, excluding the driver's troubles. https://rental-camper.jp/kinki/hyougo04.html
If everyone were to have self-driving cars, the accident rate would decrease, and naturally insurance premiums for each car would drop significantly.
Writing about these things may make me sound like a dreamer, but I believe that these things will almost certainly happen because they are compatible with economic rationality and the desires of ordinary people.
In fact, at this point in time, it is now possible to stay in a private home in Spain, as my family does, for 10,000 yen per night for a family of three, with Uber and Expedia for transportation, and Google Maps and Google Translate for directions and translations. Twenty years ago, this would have been a dream come true.
When you think about it this way, it's true that we live in a world where it's hard to get a raise, but I think the amount of fun you can have for the same salary is increasing at an incredible rate. If you have the knowledge and courage, I think we're living in a good time where you can enjoy all kinds of things easily.
On the other hand, some people say that the amount of electricity used by companies like Google and Bitcoin is enormous. However, I personally believe that as efficiency improves through networking as described above, the effect of reducing electricity consumption at the edge will be greater.
In the next 20 years or so, there is no doubt that lifestyles will change dramatically.

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