As I mentioned elsewhere, this argument somehow equivocates black car services with car sharing. The point is, why own a car that you have to maintain, depreciates, and requires parking when you can have brand new, well-maintained vehicles transporting you around for a small monthly fee?
Your Bill Gates analogy only seals my argument. Bill Gates, in all liklihood, has a personal driver and rides in a top of the line vehicle most of the time, that he may or may not own. (He likely doesn't care.) The reason this lifestyle is only available to the rich is not because of the cost of the car, but because of the cost of the driver. If the driver were to be removed, your average person could likely afford to be transported in a clean, new, safe, well-maintained vehicle they pay for on-demand from an autonomous vehicle fleet.
Your Bill Gates analogy only seals my argument. Bill Gates, in all liklihood, has a personal driver and rides in a top of the line vehicle most of the time, that he may or may not own. (He likely doesn't care.) The reason this lifestyle is only available to the rich is not because of the cost of the car, but because of the cost of the driver. If the driver were to be removed, your average person could likely afford to be transported in a clean, new, safe, well-maintained vehicle they pay for on-demand from an autonomous vehicle fleet.