3 ms·
Aren't Uber and Lyft middle-men? Why wouldn't car companies themselves offer a subscription service for access to their cars? You don't pay more to own a BMW, b
by swax 11y ago
Aren't Uber and Lyft middle-men? Why wouldn't car companies themselves offer a subscription service for access to their cars? You don't pay more to own a BMW, but you do pay more for a BMW subscription over a Honda one. Uber would probably be a cheaper subscription service for 'used' autonomous cars.
- jckr 11y agoyeah, but good luck for developing that middle-layer from scratch.
- CaptSpify 11y agoEspecially from big car companies. They aren't exactly known for.... smooth software innovations.
- sanderjd 11y agoBecause of specialization. Manufacturing cars is a different core competency than running fleets.
- toomuchtodo 11y agoExcept Tesla is trying to do both (build the cars first, then do the ridesharing).
- ultimatefan1 11y agoI see it as GM (or whoever) makes the car. Lyft (or uber, google, whoever) makes the software to call up the car, which includes a huge amount of data analysis for routing, so they are more than just a middle man. Also, GM just became a major investor and board member in Lyft, so both parties are clearly interested in partnering: http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-lyft-gm-funding-20160104-story.html http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-lyft-gm-...
- deleted 11y ago[deleted]