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So Google+Ford, Lyft+GM, Tesla on both sides software/hardware... Where is Uber's Hardware going to come from now? I wonder if this is an instance where the pe
by pbnjay 11y ago
So Google+Ford, Lyft+GM, Tesla on both sides software/hardware... Where is Uber's Hardware going to come from now?
I wonder if this is an instance where the personalities involved with Uber are having a detrimental effect on these sorts of long-term needs. Or is there something yet to be announced?
- pbnjay 11y agoTo answer my own question after thinking for a couple minutes: maybe VW's fall will put it in a position for Uber to get in play.
- _Codemonkeyism 11y agoInteresting point about VW: To my knowledge VW has no car sharing/CaaS service in Germany. Others are better setup if self driving cars take over: Opel (GM) has one, BMW has one (DriveNow), Daimler has one (Car2Go).
- thesimon 11y agoVW has Greenwheels (not really that common or popular though) and Quicar (only in Hannover)
- _Codemonkeyism 11y agoThanks, didn't know, haven't seen VW CaaS cars in Berlin yet.
- vermontdevil 11y agoFiat/Chrysler? Renault? Nissan? I doubt Toyota or Honda will bother with Uber. But who knows!
- asafira 11y agoDidn't Uber buy the Carnegie Mellon robotics division? Is it too much to think they might try for their own hardware platform? It might be, but why else do so?
- johnward 11y agoI thought they just made a deal with CMU and then proceeded to recruit everyone to leave.
- sjm-lbm 11y agoThey will still need a chassis/engine before they have a viable car, and there's been no real external indication of them either developing that in house or partnering with/purchasing someone that can provide that expertise. .. at least I think that's what the question is about.
- woody223 11y agoUber planned to buy 2,500 driverless cars from Google (GX3200, investment of $375m), announced back in 2013 [1] [1] http://techcrunch.com/2013/08/25/uberauto/ http://techcrunch.com/2013/08/25/uberauto/
- mandeepj 11y agoAnd from Tesla too http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1098997_uber-ceo-to-tesla-sell-me-half-a-million-autonomous-electric-cars-in-2020 http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1098997_uber-ceo-to-tesl...
- eco 11y agoLook at the publication date. I'm not sure what TechCrunch was trying to accomplish doing that. It wasn't even the right day of the year for something like this. Edit: Apparently the point was to test what rebloggers would believe: http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2013/08/27/uber_google_and_driverless_cars_fake_techcrunch_story_widely_reported_as.html http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2013/08/27/uber_goog...
- simonb 11y agoChinese automaker GAC recently invested in Uber. techcrunch.com/2015/12/21/uber-china-lands-strategic-investment-from-chinese-automaker-gac/ All eyes are on Silicone Valley, but I think China will be the first to allow fully autonomous cars on its roads (Chinese-made of course).
- askafriend 11y agoYou know that Google Ventures put $200m+ into Uber right?
- webXL 11y agoSo... the answer is Ford, I suppose.
- tymekpavel 11y agoDon't forget Apple.
- samstave 11y agoGoogle invested $1 billion into uber a few years ago, didn't they?
- pratyushag 11y agoTata (a large automobile company based in India with cars globally) invested $100m in Uber. I imagine there will be more from other companies.