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

by stevenking86 on 1/10/18, 2:58 PM with 2 comments

• by al2o3cr on 1/10/18, 3:29 PM

  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?

• by paulus_magnus2 on 1/10/18, 3:25 PM

  In Europe it's cheaper[xx] to leave car driving around (indefinitely on a roundabout etc) than to (short-term) park in the cities or at airports.

  [xx]

  1h city driving = 20km

  fuel @ €10/100km

  driving = €2

  parking = €3-€3.50

  EVs would be <€1/h