Imagine paying $2-4 for a ride in a Tesla for what used to cost you $25-$30 in an Uber or cab.
97% of the cost of an Uber ride goes towards paying the driver, fuel and Uber fees, 3% (or less) goes towards the lease costs.
A Tesla lease is only ~$0.73/hour ($~12,000/yr), including recharging.
Uh, what is?
This shows a car automatically backing in and out of a garage. I think it's a stretch to call it "summoning" your car, let alone an automated, self-driving taxi system. Yet you think this is the Uber killer?
I don't understand why people act like everything Tesla does is positively earth-shattering. Ford has had software to parallel park your car for, oh, about 5 years. That seems a lot more practical than standing outside and having your car pull out of the garage for you, but that's just me. I don't even understand the use case for this, unless your garage is so narrow you can't open the car door.
While I applaud their ambition, that statement certainly escalated quickly from autonomously leaving a garage.
This was a joke
It is a large step, let's just get it to drive me to and from work first!
There's quite a big difference between a nice demo in controlled conditions and a serious replacement for a cumbersome, thought to be obsolete, but ultimately irreplaceable entity like a keyboard or a human driver.
As a driver, I really hope they make good on their claims. But they're not even close at the moment.
The cost would be no where near that per hour amount once you factor in everything needed for someone or some business owning a Tesla.
Plus, if you did use that rate and could somehow achieve 24hr utilization, you'd presumably be putting on ~1000 miles per day on the car. At 365,000 miles per year, that's going to millions of miles during your "lease".
You'll probably go through quite a few batteries and quite a few cars during your "lease".
Uber is very much planning for this, it's the end game. Travis has even verbally told Elon that'd he'd buy $500 million worth of Tesla's if they are fully autonomous by 2020.
But then the comparison is a little off as well, since you wouldn't ever have a Uber standing by for you 24/7.