Theoretically you could find someone far away who will drive cheaply.

Lot of trust in that individual when they too don’t get killed if the car crashes. Also hope you never have packet loss!!! There’s also that pesky speed of light restrictions on low latency, etc.

I think the key would either have them not be far away (so same city), hauling long distance, or even just driver assistance. I'm fully in the free thinking zone here tho.

It's probably not practical but if it were it might make for decent cubicle work for unskilled labor.

That's definitely a killer app for VR - remote emergency assist using VR.

A VR service for Truckers sold by Uber/Lyft could be a thing for the millions of truck drivers to be out of work in the not too distant future.

That "someone" is exactly a Lyft/Uber driver !

Maybe we should put them in the trunk of the car instead?

Have another lyft driver drop them off at your car before you leave for work in the morning

The car could go autonomous 99.9% of the time but have a human take over if something weird happens. For deliveries and the like.