<i>&gt; I&#x27;d hypothesize that it will spawn another innovation in batteries and clean energy, because no overlord of a fleet of autonomous cars is going to want to pay the recurring cost of gasoline.</i><p>Furthermore, I can&#x27;t see how value of car (regardless of who owns it) isn&#x27;t in some way directly proportional to its utilization percentage. And a more heavily utilized car (because it&#x27;s auto-navigating and picking up multiple passengers all day) is worth more. And a car that&#x27;s worth more is a more financially feasible platform to install more expensive technology on.<p>Higher car utilization through shared ownership is going to alter a lot of the economics around what tech we can afford to put into vehicles.