Should presumably get cheaper now that there’s fewer humans in the loop. But from looking at their prices I’m always assuming it’s meant for affluent people paying a premium to save time and effort so maybe it doesn’t need to be cheaper.
The prices will be set as high as the supply and demand curve allows. Considering that they're the only autonomous car provider in operation, that curve will not be consumer-friendly.
What could "the curve will not be consumer-friendly" mean in this context?
The whole point of creating a robot taxi service is to sell to consumers. If it's not consumer-friendly, then consumers won't buy it, which defeats the point?
Robot taxis are hardly a staple one needs to exist, people have been easily living without robot taxis, and if the price is consumer-unfriendly, they will simply not use them.
I mean waymo is the same price as ordering a human driver. Charging less is leaving money on the table now that this pricing has been established in the consumer mindshare.
