Future of Autonomous Transportation and Its Benefits

Autonomous cars will transform transportation, providing safety, convenience, and cost efficiency while reclaiming valuable time for users.

### The Future of Autonomous Transportation: A Vision of Convenience and Safety
* 🚖 Welcome to the Wii robot party, showcasing the arrival of **50 fully autonomous Cyber cabs**, emphasizing a future where cars **operate without human drivers**.
* 🌆 The speaker contrasts the often **dark depictions of the future** in sci-fi movies with a vision of an **exciting and enjoyable world** enabled by technology.
* ⏳ Currently, an average passenger car is used for only about **10 hours a week** out of **168 hours**, highlighting the **inefficiency of traditional vehicle usage**.
* 🔄 With autonomy, cars could potentially be utilized **five to ten times more**, dramatically increasing their **value and productivity**.
* 🛡 The speaker predicts that **autonomous vehicles could be ten times safer** than human drivers, reducing accidents and saving lives, similar to the evolution of elevators.
* 📱 In an autonomous world, cars will transform into **comfortable lounges**, allowing passengers to engage in activities like **working or watching movies** during their journey.
* 💰 The anticipated cost of using autonomous transportation, such as the Cyber cab, is projected to be around **30 to 40 cents per mile**, significantly lower than the average bus fare.
* 🏷 Finally, the speaker confirms that the **cost of owning a Cyber cab will be below $30,000**, making it an **accessible option for consumers**.

[Applause] Welcome, welcome to the Wii robot party. So, we have quite a show for you tonight. I think you're going to like it. As you can see, I just arrived in the robo taxi, the Cyber cab, and there's 20 more where that came from. So, they've been traveling. They're all... there's no people in them, as you can see. The cars just going by with no [Music] people. And we have 50 fully autonomous cars here tonight. U. So, you'll see model-wise and the Cyber cab. All driverless. You'll be able to take a ride in the Cyber cap. There's no steering wheel or [Music] pedals. So, I hope this goes well. We'll find [Music] [Applause] out. So, you see a lot of sci-fi movies where the future is dark and dismal, where it's not a future you want to be in. So, you know, like, I love Blade Runner.

but uh I don't know if we want that future. I think we want that uh that duster he's wearing, but uh but but not but not the uh The Bleak apocalypse. Uh we want to have a fun, exciting future that if you could look in a crystal bowl and see the future, you'd be like yes, I wish I could be there now. That's what we want. So yeah, so when we think about transport today, there's a lot of kind of pain that we take for granted, that we think is normal, um like having to drive around LA uh in like 3 hours of traffic um yeah. And people that live in LA, I mean you know, try to get from Pasadena to you know El Segundo during rush hour is like you can fly to you know another city faster and you can get to cross town LA. How many hours a week are cars used? Your average passenger car is only used about 10 hours a week out of 168 hours. So the vast majority of the time, cars are just

doing nothing, but if they're autonomous, they could be used, I don't know, five times more, maybe 10 times more. So, you could actually, for the same car, would have five times as much value, maybe 10 times as much value. There's 168 hours in the week, and like I said, only 10 of them are used for driving. And then a bunch of those hours are looking for a parking spot, which can be pretty annoying at times. So, with autonomy, you get your time back. This is a very big deal. So, it's not just a say like it'll save lives, like a lot of lives, and prevent injuries. I think we'll see autonomous cars become 10 times safer than a human. I mean, you think of times past where there used to be an elevator operator in every elevator, but once in a while, they get tired and accidentally sh

somebody in half, uh, you know, so, so now we have automated elevators. You just get in an elevator, and you press a button, and you don't even think about it, and it just takes you to the floor. And if you did see an elevator operator with a big relay switch, you'd be like, That's weird. Um, now that's how cars will be, um, and, and it's not just the lives saved in injuries, but if you look at the, think about the cumulative time that people spend in a car, and the time they will get back that they can now spend, well, I guess on their phones, or, or, or watching a movie, or doing work, or whatever you want to do. Um, you can think of the, the car in an autonomous world as being like just a little lounge. You're just sitting in, in a comfortable little lounge, and you can do whatever you want while you're in this comfortable little lounge, and when you get out, you will be at your destination. So, yeah, it's going to be

awesome so so in fact we we I think the the cost of autonomous transport will be so low that you can think of it like individualized mass transit. Um, the like the average cost of of a bus per mile for a city. Um, not not the ticket price cuz that is subsidized but the average price is about a dollar a mile. Whereas the the cost of uh cyber cab. Uh, we we think probably over time from the operating cost is probably going to be around 20 cents a mile. Um, and price including taxes and and everything else probably ends up being 30 or 40 cents a mile. Can we buy one. So yes and you will be able to buy one. [Applause] [Music] Yes exactly. Um, and uh we we expect the cost to be below $30,000. [Applause]

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The Future of Transportation: A Robot Party

The event features 50 fully autonomous cars, including the Cyber cab, offering driverless rides.

The speaker emphasizes the desire for a fun and exciting future, contrasting it with the dark scenarios often depicted in sci-fi movies.

They highlight the inefficiency of car usage, with the average passenger car being used only 10 hours a week out of 168.

Autonomous cars could significantly increase their value by being used five to ten times more than traditional cars.

With 168 hours in a week and only a small fraction used for driving, autonomy could free up valuable time for users.

The widespread adoption of autonomous cars is expected to make them ten times safer than human drivers, potentially saving lives and preventing injuries.

Autonomous cars will transform transportation, similar to how automated elevators changed building access.

The technology will save lives, reduce injuries, and free up time for passengers to engage in other activities.

In an autonomous world, cars will serve as comfortable lounges, allowing people to relax and work while being driven to their destination.

The cost of autonomous transport is expected to be so low that it will resemble individualized mass transit.

The operating cost for a cyber cab is projected to be around 20 cents per mile, with the total price, including taxes, being 30 to 40 cents per mile.

It is anticipated that individuals will be able to purchase an autonomous vehicle for under $30,000.