Waymo founder predicts ‘landslide’ robotaxi adoption in Singapore, driven by high car costs
Sebastian Thrun: The technology makes AVs’ initial costs higher, but they are cheaper to run, safer and greener
[SINGAPORE] Self-driving car pioneer Sebastian Thrun expects that there would be widespread adoption of autonomous vehicles (AVs) in Singapore – and even sooner than in cities like San Francisco, simply because it makes more financial sense.
“Once the economics of AVs beat car ownership – and that’s going to happen in Singapore before San Francisco for obvious reasons – we are going to see a massive landslide in which the population will just accept self-driving cars,” he said.
He was speaking to The Business Times in a remote call on the sidelines of LIVEX, a global urban development and investment exhibition held in Abu Dhabi earlier in October.
