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Assuming there are multiple providers of the software, I’d pay expect to pay normal automotive margins on top of the hardware cost.

That’s probably $1000-2000 per car, or about a penny a mile.

I’m not sure how much a few lidars will cost at scale. The compute board is a few hundred. Modern cars already have plenty of cameras.

There’s clearly a demand for self-driving privately owned vehicles as well, but think of it this way - why own a self-driving Chevy when you could hire a self-driving Cadillac when you need to go somewhere?

I would pay $100k today for a basic EV with Waymo tech. Maybe more. It would essentially be like having a 24/7 personal car and driver available.

I am I really hate driving long road trips.. So yes! Or they could even sell private taxi between states so I don't even have to own a car :)