“The future of the car is electric, and autonomous,” said Levi Tillemann, a fellow at the New America Foundation and author of “The Great Race: The Global Quest for the Car of the Future.”
You wouldn’t own it because, why would you?
If self-driving technology takes off, it could reduce vehicle ownership rates by as much as 43%, according to a study this week from the University of Michigan’s Transportation Research Institute.
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She drivers her regular car from her house outside Austin to a nearby park-and-ride, then takes public transit into the city. If she’s needs a car while at work she uses a Car2go Smart car.
“I was tired of the commute and looking for options” she said. “I’m much more relaxed when I get home now.”
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