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    1. Thijs Niks‏ @thijsniks 30 Dec 2017

      As cars get smarter and accident rates go down, we will be able to get rid of airbags and seatbelts. This would completely open up in-car design and likely trend towards minimal and utilitarian furniture, as leasing companies optimize for cost.

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    2. Thijs Niks‏ @thijsniks 30 Dec 2017

      Current public transport is likely the closest comparison for future self-driving car interiors. Low-cost, easy to maintain, and space efficient. All the things fleet operators love.pic.twitter.com/YQl4bLckTJ

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    3. Thijs Niks‏ @thijsniks 30 Dec 2017

      Something else that will change: Self-driving cars don’t need parking spaces in urban areas. The cars will either be driving on the road or at the edge of the city for charging/cleanup.

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    4. Thijs Niks‏ @thijsniks 30 Dec 2017

      It’s clear human driven cars will disappear from the roads over time. They will likely go the way of horses: Rich people toys with limited access to public roads and expensive to insure.

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    5. Thijs Niks‏ @thijsniks 30 Dec 2017

      We are far in enough to do another recap: (1) 50% of the road will be digital. (2) Each car will make decisions on its own, as an integrated system will be too slow (to build). (3) Regulation will be slow and then rapid, as countries compete. […]

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    6. Thijs Niks‏ @thijsniks 30 Dec 2017

      […] (4) Highway trucks will be the first autonomous vehicles. (5) Cars will outcompete rail transport on existing road capacity. (6) Carpooling will increase and car interiors will look like public transport. (7) Pricing will drive parking spaces to outside the city.

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    7. Thijs Niks‏ @thijsniks 30 Dec 2017

      I’m excited about what the future brings. Cheap, safe, and clean transport is a win for us all and self-driving electric cars seem the closest we will get to that. This will be the biggest change in transport since trains (1810), safety bikes (1885), and manual cars (1910).

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    8. Thijs Niks‏ @thijsniks 30 Dec 2017

      There are obviously (potential) flaws in this scenario. For one, the shared fleets need to be 99.9999% reliable for people to actually give up their cars.

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    9. Thijs Niks‏ @thijsniks 30 Dec 2017

      Another potential flaw is that battery technology improvements won’t keep pace with what we need. Or computers might not get to the point where they can truly react safely to all forms of traffic.

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    10. Thijs Niks‏ @thijsniks 30 Dec 2017

      It’s also possible that electric bikes will ride the wave of technology improvements and become the commuting modality of choice, before electric cars get to do it.

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      Thijs Niks‏ @thijsniks 30 Dec 2017

      End of the thread, for now. To be continued.pic.twitter.com/KOFO6PmmaY

      6:40 AM - 30 Dec 2017
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        2. Thijs Niks‏ @thijsniks 1 Jan 2018

          Nice to see that this transport thread reached more people than I expected. 70k saw it, 5500 started reading, 4000 made it till Twitter’s thread loader (70%), and 1500 read the whole thing (25%).pic.twitter.com/exdVIsWAGr

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        3. Thijs Niks‏ @thijsniks 10 Jan 2018

          Someone tipped me the @EconTalker podcast with @BenedictEvans http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2017/08/benedict_evans.html … which builds on his article https://www.ben-evans.com/benedictevans/2017/3/20/cars-and-second-order-consequences … and covers many of the same self-driving vehicle issues

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        4. Thijs Niks‏ @thijsniks 28 Jan 2018

          Bonus: How United States road maps were kept up to date in the 1940shttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHc6J1zKivk …

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        5. Thijs Niks‏ @thijsniks 21 Jan 2020

          Thijs Niks Retweeted cruise

          We are getting closer to a future of self-driving cars optimized for public sharing, as I laid out in the thread abovehttps://twitter.com/cruise/status/1219789539373268992 …

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          cruiseVerified account @Cruise
          Introducing the Cruise Origin. Self-Driven. All-Electric. Shared. http://getcruise.com/origin  pic.twitter.com/JtUGt20lK0
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        2. Matthew Moore  🇺🇸‏ @matthewcmoore 30 Dec 2017
          Replying to @thijsniks

          Nice thread! Another idea: People will also live further and further from cities. They can choose suburb, exurb, or rural living but still work in the mega city’s downtown. Housing prices change accordingly.

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        3. Thijs Niks‏ @thijsniks 30 Dec 2017
          Replying to @matthewcmoore

          Good point! People historically have lived no further than 1 hour from work (whether that was by foot, horse, or car) so I can see this happen. Question is how important other amenities turn out to be (shops, cinemas, etc).

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        1. Thomas Moes‏ @thomasmoes 30 Dec 2017
          Replying to @thijsniks

          Nice read Thijs! 👏

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        2. Chris Davis‏ @thedatadavis 30 Dec 2017
          Replying to @thijsniks

          @threadreaderapp unroll please

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        3. Thread Reader App‏ @threadreaderapp 30 Dec 2017
          Replying to @thedatadavis

          Saluti what you asked for is: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/947115079832662017.html … Share it if you think it's great. Have a good day.

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        2. Keir Plaice‏ @keirp 1 Jan 2018
          Replying to @thijsniks

          Who pays for the roads?

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        3. Thijs Niks‏ @thijsniks 1 Jan 2018
          Replying to @keirp

          Who pays now?

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