Jack Kemp

Recently I've seen talk on the internet about how people who buy a $59,000 Tesla or even a $35,000 electric vehicle will want to rent their car out as a self driving vehicle while they are at their job from 9 to 5. As This is the biggest techie nerd fantasy going around these days. I even saw a major former hedge fund manager talk about this online. I wonder if he is interested in doing this himself because of the following reasons.

A week or so ago, the NY Post reported that a regular rental car was returned with various packets of drugs and new needles in the back seat. And individual users aren't normally as disciplined as many drug dealers. Even without drugs, do you want to get your nice car returned to you with french fries stuck in the seat cushions or with the renter being someone who has Covid or HIV or whatever leaving their germs in your car? This idea of renting out your private self drive car for extra income is going to be a lot less popular than some futurists will imagine.

Is some woman - particularly one with small children - going to want her family Electric Vehicle rented out to some stranger with their germs? And will her husband put up a big fight with his wife over this to convince her to get a few extra dollars each month?

This "everyone will rent out their Tesla" hypothesis is pure fantasy concocted by a nerd. A nerd who might be a customer of the drug dealer who left all their business supplies in the back of that New York area rental car.

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