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Very, very low. A bus or train can carry hundreds of people with a single driver.

There's a reason we still have cars now. They serve a purpose that buses or trains can never serve. Cars are popular even in non car centric countries like Western Europe.

Yes, because believe it or not, lot of people love cars, car ownership, and driving.

Other people detest public transit.

You think Robotaxis are a solution to either of these?

I agree on car ownership but not on driving. People like owning but not driving. Spending time doing what is actually mentally and physically stressful activity. The few people that do like driving can keep their old cars. Majority will shift to Tesla.

I am not discounting the need for cars, there are places where clearly the economics of public transport do not make sense. Read the comments again.

I am discounting your equation of self driving cars to the aviation industry.

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