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Driverless cars and state of the art engineering infrastructure.
by mrdrozdov 10y ago
Driverless cars and state of the art engineering infrastructure.
- untog 10y agoDriverless cars at least half a decade if not a decade away from widespread adoption in cities. Who's to say they'll last that long? What does "state of the art engineering infrastructure" give users? I don't recall Lyft's app ever failing on me.
- bobjordan 10y agoFinally, Uber get's pushed out of relevance by driverless cars, from BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Chevy, Ford, etc., who will ultimately never let them have this market.
- CPLX 10y agoDriverless cars don't exist and there's literally zero evidence that Uber has a stronger claim on that market than any other aspiring company. Engineering for an app like this is non-trivial but hardly insurmountable. The one advantage they do have is network effect, the more drivers and users they have the quicker it is to get a ride and more lucrative for drivers. That does matter, the question is how much.
- rhino369 10y agoIf anything Driveless cars is a huge threat to uber. Buying the cars would be a massive capital investment. Right now they rely on their employees/contractors to bring a 20k+ asset to work with them. Someone like Hertz or a General Motors already have fleets and know how to manage them. All they have to do is engineer an app. What is easier? A nationwide vehicle fleet or an app that connects drivers to riders.
- alanh 10y agoAnd you know GM is invested in and partnered with Lyft, right? GM also fully acquired Sidecar, the recently shuttered Lyft/Uber competitor.
- bdrool 10y agoDriverless cars will happen at the same time for everyone. Uber's competitors will get them at the same time they do. It will not amount to a long-term or even short-term advantage.