You are out of touch, less young people have their licenses than ever before. Car ownership, maintenance, and insurance are expensive. There is a huge market for people who would rather hail a robotaxi than buy a car. Companies like uber and lyft wouldn't be generating billions in revenue if that weren't the case.
Not as expensive as uber/lyft.... by a fairly large margin, too. The kids are using public transit.
> There is a huge market for people who would rather hail a robotaxi than buy a car.
? Do they have hailing? I thought you would have to use an app. If I can actually hail a robotaxi I might use one
I´d call this an example of language evolution comparable to 'calling someone' which used to involve either raising your voice so the person could hear you or walking towards wherever that person is but now involved pulling out a communication device which bridges the gap between caller and callee. The same goes for 'hailing a cab' which used to involve standing on the side of the road, hand raised and possible shouting 'taxi' upon which a horse-drawn or self-propelled vehicle with driver pulls up to drive you somewhere in return for payment but now involves pulling out a communications device which bridges the gap between customer and 'driver'.