Robotaxi Ride Costs

Discussions center on comparing per-ride costs of autonomous vehicles or ride-hailing services to public transit fares, parking, and other commuting options, debating affordability, subsidies, and economic sense for commuters.

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higeorge13 Aug 7, 2022 View on HN

Is there a break down on their cost per ride? Infra/engineering/marketing/local regulation/etc. ?

cortesoft Apr 24, 2022 View on HN

Transit costs aren't always the same in all locations

garmaine Feb 7, 2020 View on HN

Public transit is supposed to be cheaper than a car...

kmlx Aug 23, 2020 View on HN

what if it's $10 or $100 per ride?

unusximmortalis Mar 29, 2016 View on HN

at a cost of $4-10 per ride (I read correctly I hope) does it make financial sense for commuters in bay area?

notatoad Mar 27, 2024 View on HN

is round-trip bus or train fare into the city higher or lower than $15/day? it seems like if they can just make the car a higher marginal cost per day than transit, that should do a lot.

mejutoco Nov 21, 2025 View on HN

Is that the metro price of a single ticket or proportional for a 10 trip card or similar?

zeroer Jan 31, 2017 View on HN

My guess is that it's more like dollars per ride, on the order of 20-35% cheaper.

antoineMoPa Oct 31, 2019 View on HN

$2.994M. Guess I'll just ride my bike then.

ElFitz Oct 7, 2019 View on HN

Hard to beat those 30 free minutes per ride at ~30€ / year