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Aw man, they're so close to self awarenes... (www.linkedin.com)
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Picture this: it’s 2035. You haven’t owned a car in three years. A self-driving pod arrives whenever you tap your phone. That two-car garage? It’s now transformed into a yoga studio, a home theater, or a home gym.

We’ve been dedicating our best square footage to vehicles that sit idle 95% of the time. As personal vehicle ownership declines, every homeowner gains access to a bonus room — art studios, small businesses, or whatever you’ve been dreaming of.

The future isn’t just about driverless technology. It’s garageless — and your home just became significantly larger.

How do you plan to transform your home in the future?

#FutureOfLiving #AutonomousVehicles #CarFree #SmartLiving #GarageTransformation | 10 comments on LinkedIn

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[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 49 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Nonsense. People store boxes of crap they bought on Amazon in their garages already, and leave their cars outside on the driveway. That's what they'll continue to do. Yoga, art studio, small business? Ha!

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 15 points 4 days ago

A lot of my neighbors have giant trucks that don’t even fit in the garages

[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

Yeah, with what fucking time?

[–] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 20 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Ignoring everything else, "our best square footage"? You mean the big room with concrete floors and no climate control?

Don't get me wrong, I love my garage workshop, but let's have some perspective here.

[–] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

You could just install an Air conditioner? Like if you are spending enough time in the garage to need climate control it'd probably be worth it, unless the walls are brick but thats probably the exception. Like my garage has an AC and it's fucken ancient, but it's there probably doesn't work though I doubt anyone has tested that for the last 27 years.

[–] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 days ago

Yeah sure, my point is that it's hardly the "best square footage".

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 2 points 3 days ago

a trumpton of folks also have detached garages or no garage.

[–] LeapSecond@lemmy.zip 44 points 4 days ago (3 children)

A self-driving pod arrives whenever you tap your phone

You mean a taxi? Is the futuristic part that self-driving taxis will be cheaper than human-driven taxis?

[–] WhyIHateTheInternet@lemmy.world 21 points 4 days ago

Yes. For the taxi company it will be. Progress!

[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

They have to use the word Pod wherever they can. It makes it sound like a new idea.

[–] Beacon@fedia.io 4 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Lots of places don't have taxis that you can call to your house. And in the areas that do, often times the taxis are unreliable. And yeah they can get quite expensive.

Taxi driver isn't one of those jobs that we should protect from automation. There's no creative theft in a self driving car.

[–] minfapper@piefed.social 2 points 4 days ago

fair, but I think the actual comparison is to ride share apps rather than classic Taxis.

I haven't checked the pricing of Waymo and whatnot, but I suspect they're drastically cheaper than Uber/Lyft. Just like how Uber/Lyft used to be drastically cheaper than regular Taxis. But now that they've established their market, prices have gone up to what Taxis used to be.

I'm expecting a repeat of that

[–] Armok_the_bunny@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Counterpoint, as a pedestrian I trust self sriving cars way less than human drivers.

[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago

like saying you'd rather have weasels down your pants than badgers

[–] hitmyspot@aussie.zone 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Due to tech bros being happy to sacrifice safety for their progress and stock prices. Musk mainly. However,.the technology will mature. It's inevitable at this point.

I've just travelled interstate to see the in laws for Easter. We flew so as not to lose a day. It would be great if those pods in the future came in the evening and we just slept our way to their place with electric vehicles.

Using the roads that already exist with automated vehicles 24hrs would reduce traffic and delivery times etc. It is just a matter of ensuring that companies like Amazon are not the only game in town and the infrastructure is open and usable by all.

[–] Armok_the_bunny@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

You mean like a train?

[–] hitmyspot@aussie.zone 1 points 3 days ago

No, bit trains are also great. Look at japan.

[–] super_user_do@feddit.it 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Bro forgot that, well, in most countries in the world people dont really have garages 

[–] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Where do people store their 2-3 large SUVs then?

[–] MrKoyun@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

So close, yet so far. Also, like, if you have a two car garage you probably already have one or two too many rooms in your mcmansion that you aren't really using for anything.

[–] minfapper@piefed.social 3 points 3 days ago

Not necessarily. Here in Texas even the 1100sqft small houses come with a 2 car garage.

The expectation is that both parents work, and since you need a car to get anywhere, you'll need two cars.

[–] paraphrand@lemmy.world 13 points 4 days ago

They would just stop building garages my guy.

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club 11 points 4 days ago

... with ~~enshitification~~ monetisation of all the things at that level you will clearly need to sublet the garage to an even less fortunate family of four.

[–] mech@feddit.org 8 points 4 days ago

I live that life right now. Without tech that doesn't exist yet.
If I do need a car, I tap on my phone, book a car-sharing EV and walk 5 minutes to where it's parked.
The money goes to a local non-profit organization, not a US tech billionaire.

[–] Trex202@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago

You'll own nothing and be happy about it

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago

During COVID a lot of folks in my suburb converted their garages to living space and now park on the street.

[–] Grass@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 days ago

I like garage workshop.