An employee holds a Samsung Electronics Co. smartphone displaying the app for the Cube autonomous robo-taxi, manufactured by Continental AG, in Frankfurt, Germany, on Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2017. The German government adopted a self-driving car technology action plan on Aug. 23 that includes legal and ethical guidelines for the vehicles. Photographer: Andreas Arnold/Bloomberg
PARIS: It’s November 22, 2028 and Sarah, a young mother, gives her two children a kiss goodbye before buckling them into the driverless car that will bring them to school.
Sarah doesn’t have a car and has no plans to buy one. Living in a suburb, she has run the numbers and the result is clear: It’s much cheaper to order a car only when she needs one.
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