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Google and Tesla and GM and other actual car manufacturers quite literally have the "platform" to build on, not Uber. Self-driving cars are a lot harder to buil
by tlrobinson 10y ago
Google and Tesla and GM and other actual car manufacturers quite literally have the "platform" to build on, not Uber. Self-driving cars are a lot harder to build than a ride-sharing platform.
If one of those companies were to launch a self-driving taxi service that cost half as much as Uber it wouldn't take long at all for it to utterly decimate Uber's business.
- martin-adams 10y agoGood point. Time will tell I guess. Since you've pointed out that there are a lot of actual manufacturers working on self driving cars, for any second place players who don't enter the B2C taxi service market, the next obvious step is to licence the technology to someone like Uber. Then they can compete on supply and price. The question is whether it's better for a manufacturer to enter the taxi service industry, or licence their technology and focus on direct consumer sales of the vehicles.
- martin-adams 10y agoWell, Ford now see themselves creating a taxi service. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-37106570 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-37106570