Car manufacturers will benefit. What matters is passenger miles driven, not total number of unique car sales. If you open up a new pocket of driving demand be

Car manufacturers will benefit. What matters is passenger miles driven, not total number of unique car sales. If you open up a new pocket of driving demand because it's easier to get a lift, then the total passenger miles driven goes up. Even more so if it is a pickup/dropoff model with 'empty miles'. More miles driven->Cars worn out faster->more sales. More sales of likely generic cars less obsessed with expensive annual styling tweaks. More sales -> fewer models -> longer model runs = more profit. I'd say the car companies are happy.