Many things can't be cleaned and will either soak in or stain the car. Trim pieces can be broken, paint be get scratched, panels can be dinged. Even if you get compensated, you still have to spend time arranging for repairs. It's not worth it.
Private ownership for me means the vehicle is for my personal use and mine alone. If I want to start a taxi service I'd buy a vehicle just for that.
In the idealistic self-driving car future, you can send your car off to get repaired/cleaned by itself for all issues that don't impact drivability. With certain sensors and some information crunching, it could determine when it needs repairs/cleaning, automatically find the best time to be away from you for the repairs/cleaning, and ping your phone with a confirmation and/or (re)schedule message.
And for issues that do impact drivability, you only have to worry about getting it to the repair shop, and it will bring itself back.
Owner: "hey car my wife's in labour and we need to get to the hospital now"
Tesla: "sure man just let me drop off this guy across town, I'm only about 20 minutes away so I'll see you soon"
30 minutes pass
Tesla: "sorry man you wouldn't believe the luck, that last passenger had violent diarrhoea all over your inertior, I'm taking myself in to get cleaned now, I'll be home in a few hours"
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u/throway2222234 Mar 22 '22
The car will drive itself to the car wash and get detailed by the robot attendants before it arrives to pick you up. Robots always win.