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They 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 par
by sjm-lbm 11y ago
They 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).