After reading an unrelated piece ...
http://www.bidnessetc.com/34065-driverless-cars-and-why-uber-will-be-americas-next-big-automaker-morgan-sta/ Driverless Cars And Why Uber Will Be America’s Next Big Automaker: Morgan Stanley By: Martin Blanc Feb 4, 2015 ... my mind came up with a What-If idea the future might hold ... While some people may resist self-driving, autonomous vehicles, at some point there could seriously be a paradigm shift when an owner could let a company take control of their EV when they are not using it. Example: An autonomous/self-driving version of the spacious Kia Soul EV or the more roomy Tesla-X was purchased for not only the owner's pleasure, but to let a business (lets call them MakeGreen, or MG4U for short) use their EV for Uber/Lyft Limo/taxi service. The EV would already have a hidden camera system installed, so MG4U could document any abuse of the vehicle which could be used in a court of law. And MG4U could easily remotely shutdown the EV and lock the doors to help detain the violator(s) until the police arrive on-scene. The owner could easily view what is going on via an app, and could also alert MK4U of any misbehavior they saw. No cash would be needed/exchanged as all payment is pre-verified and electronic before the ride (hack) begins. By that time, either MG4U would have a human attendant at a L3 EVSE for quick recharges and interior cleaning, or an equivalent L3 inductive EVSE would have been implemented so that L3 recharging throughout the day was transparent for the auton-EV. Simple scenario: After talking to my EV via my phone before I slept, it knows to pre-charge & pre-warm my EV for driving me to work in the morning. Once I let go of my EV, MK4U takes over to start making money for me with Uber/Lyte, etc. MK4U tells the EV to drive to the pre-scheduled hack it was assigned just before my EV (it) dropped me off. MK4U already knows when I will need my EV and my EV is easily re-callable via a phone app (it would come back to pick me up, right after it finished its Uber/Lyte hack). This could also lend itself to after I have been dropped off at home. So, my EV could be used during the night when I am not using it. An Auton-EV purchase could start paying for itself right away. Their might even be MK4U purchasing discounts at sales-time to help offset buying cost$ (the new owner would get on-board with MK4U at purchase). This could also lend itself to hiring minors (those in-between years when you are under 18 but old enough to be of assistance) to the elderly that may need help getting in and out of the EV, or just does not feel comfortable with all this new-fangled-cars to go-it-alone. The elderly get the assistance they want/need, and the minor can earn some money with a minimum of effort, and may even be able to do their school homework during rides. All comments, views, ideas welcome :-) For EVLN posts use: http://evdl.org/evln/ http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html#nabble+template%2FNamlServlet.jtp%3Fmacro%3Dsearch_page%26node%3D413529%26query%3DEVLN%2Bbrucedp2%26days%3D0%26sort%3Ddate http://dcinno.streetwise.co/2015/02/04/dc-tech-on-demand-valet-parking-app-zirx-arrives-in-dc/ 'App request to park your car, a gas (or electric) fill-up, a car wash or even an oil change if you're willing to pay for it' {brucedp.150m.com} -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/Watt-If-Auton-EV-earnsU-Uber-Lyft-after-dropping-you-off-tp4673735.html Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
