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    1. Thijs Niks‏ @thijsniks 30 Dec 2017

      Leasing companies are specialized in raising capital and using that to generate a steady revenue stream. There is little difference for them between consumers or sharing platforms paying for a car.

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    2. Thijs Niks‏ @thijsniks 30 Dec 2017

      With car sharing, riders care more about price and availability than which car they get. And once these personal preferences no longer matter, leasing companies will optimize for total cost of ownership. Expect cars which are easier to maintain, clean, and repair.

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    3. Thijs Niks‏ @thijsniks 30 Dec 2017

      A healthy marketplace will have several sharing platforms and several fleet owners compete for the rider’s business.

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    4. Thijs Niks‏ @thijsniks 30 Dec 2017

      All of this will be a quadruple hit to the fancy car manufacturers of this world: (1) From gasoline to electric wipes out the engine and drive train competences. (2) From manual-driving to self-driving replaces mechanical expertise with software knowledge. […]

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    5. Thijs Niks‏ @thijsniks 30 Dec 2017

      […] (3) From status objects to shared vehicles removes the brand advantage. (4) From personal ownership to shared fleets undoes the dealer sales network. This pretty much just leaves them with their manufacturing capability (which we shouldn’t underestimate).

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    6. Thijs Niks‏ @thijsniks 30 Dec 2017

      Let’s pause for a moment and recap what we have so far: (1) People want cheaper, faster, and safer transport. (2) Self-driving, electric cars will outperform manual gasoline ones. […]

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    7. Thijs Niks‏ @thijsniks 30 Dec 2017

      […] (3) Sharing a self-driving car will be cheaper than owning one. (4) Leasing companies will own car fleets which will be available through sharing platforms. (5) It’s unlikely existing car brands will win the market in this new world.

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    8. Thijs Niks‏ @thijsniks 30 Dec 2017

      Now that we have self-driving cars, what else will change? For one, the roads will be different. Once all cars are self-driving, we don’t need road signage or markings anymore. Traffic lights will be a thing of the past. Good digital maps are how self-driving cars navigate.pic.twitter.com/DnzbAhx7c5

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    9. Thijs Niks‏ @thijsniks 30 Dec 2017

      As time progresses, governments will understand that building a road is half their job and publishing live data about it the other half. Access to the location, condition, utilization, and speed limits of each road in the past, present, and future will be baseline expectation.pic.twitter.com/W3fqaV88MP

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    10. Gérard Chenais #emojibzh‏ @GChenais 31 Dec 2017
      Replying to @thijsniks @nterpo

      This assumes the data is useful. Once knowing government's job about data, what are the jobs of those using the data? Opening data is not the end of the story.

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      Thijs Niks‏ @thijsniks 31 Dec 2017
      Replying to @GChenais @nterpo

      Doesn't really matter, does it? As long as the data is available. Cars will use it for routing decisions, platforms will use it for supply positioning, fleet owners will use it for demand prediction, etc.

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        2. Gérard Chenais #emojibzh‏ @GChenais 31 Dec 2017
          Replying to @thijsniks @nterpo

          It only matters if government is required to open; must exist a purpose at least because it has a cost and resources are limited and come from citizen's pocket. Would be interesting to estimate as much tax revenue is generate through the use of government's data.

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        3. Thijs Niks‏ @thijsniks 31 Dec 2017
          Replying to @GChenais @nterpo

          This is where governments with a bit of vision would be helpful. And I do expect governments to charge for the data access, though hope it will be a nominal fee and for free over time.

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