
Transports of delight

When owning a car is a pleasure
- Dateline
- 27 May 2029
I love my car. Actually, it’s not a car, it’s an automobile. An autonomous mobility device. A robot chauffeur that takes me wherever I need to go.
And the thing I love most about my car is that I don’t have to pay for it. It pays me. You see, it’s not really a vehicle, it’s a business, a micro corporation in the mobility business.
I have great partners in this business, two of my best buddies. The three of us invested in the scheme, so none of us has to buy their own car. On a normal day, the car picks us up at home and drops us off at work.
Then it signs on to the robotaxi network and makes itself available for the rest of the day, like an Uber. Unless one of us needs it at lunchtime – we’ve got first dibs. The car accepts fares from riders, and puts the money in its crypto wallet. When it needs to recharge its batteries, the car finds the cheapest, nearest charger and pays for juice from its wallet. And it fetches us from work at night and takes us home.
On the weekends, if we need the car, it’s got a booking schedule. And if it’s booked up and we need to go somewhere, there’s always another robotaxi available. And if its free, the car runs errands for us too.
But the best part, the part I love most about my car, is the end of the month. Because I don’t have to make a lease or instalment payment, or settle a bill for gas. Instead, the car pays me a dividend!
It’s a delight, being in the transportation business.
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- Electric cars leave gas guzzlers in the dust as AI takes the wheel - Mindbullets
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