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Why? You'll earn the same money as with Uber. The cut goes to Tesla to reward them for their work in making the hardware and software. That's instead of paying

by tonyhb 10y ago

Why? You'll earn the same money as with Uber. The cut goes to Tesla to reward them for their work in making the hardware and software. That's instead of paying Uber, who fire people by email.

comboy 10y ago
After paying $100K for a car, would you let strangers ride in without any supervision only to earn a few bucks? Even if there would be no damages, imagine getting your car back to go somewhere with your family and it smells like a bad kind of party.
forgottenpass 10y ago
Why? You'll earn the same money as with Uber. No I won't. It's simple economics that I won't. Assuming a future where I can choose to rent my car's free time to a ride sharing app. You just told me that I'd be able to make just as much money locked into a single customer as I would if different customers had to compete to rent my car's free time. And yes blah blah blah I could buy a different type of car. But market forces don't break this sort of monsopoly until "what app can I rent my car's time to" is the TOP purchase differentiator to a very sizable portion of auto buyers.
- tonyhb 10y ago
  You're assuming a future with one app; Tesla. There are, and will continue to be, more apps, hence competition. And we'v not covered that the dynamics are different. With Tesla you're not paying for fuel. Or for human time. You literally earn money while you do something else. This means that, over time, Uber and Lyft would be saturated by Teslas because it's a race to the bottom in terms of profit.
  - forgottenpass 10y ago
    You're assuming a future with one app; Tesla. There are, and will continue to be, more apps, hence competition. No, I'm not. I'm assuming that in the post https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12753624 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12753624 you're comparing between the choice of only being able to drive for Tesla's app vs being able to choose which app to drive for. If you're not, I don't understand what you meant to say to the post you replied to.

by tonyhb 10y ago

Why? You'll earn the same money as with Uber. The cut goes to Tesla to reward them for their work in making the hardware and software. That's instead of paying Uber, who fire people by email.

comboy 10y ago

After paying $100K for a car, would you let strangers ride in without any supervision only to earn a few bucks? Even if there would be no damages, imagine getting your car back to go somewhere with your family and it smells like a bad kind of party.

forgottenpass 10y ago

Why? You'll earn the same money as with Uber. No I won't. It's simple economics that I won't. Assuming a future where I can choose to rent my car's free time to a ride sharing app. You just told me that I'd be able to make just as much money locked into a single customer as I would if different customers had to compete to rent my car's free time. And yes blah blah blah I could buy a different type of car. But market forces don't break this sort of monsopoly until "what app can I rent my car's time to" is the TOP purchase differentiator to a very sizable portion of auto buyers.

tonyhb 10y ago
You're assuming a future with one app; Tesla. There are, and will continue to be, more apps, hence competition. And we'v not covered that the dynamics are different. With Tesla you're not paying for fuel. Or for human time. You literally earn money while you do something else. This means that, over time, Uber and Lyft would be saturated by Teslas because it's a race to the bottom in terms of profit.
- forgottenpass 10y ago
  You're assuming a future with one app; Tesla. There are, and will continue to be, more apps, hence competition. No, I'm not. I'm assuming that in the post https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12753624 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12753624 you're comparing between the choice of only being able to drive for Tesla's app vs being able to choose which app to drive for. If you're not, I don't understand what you meant to say to the post you replied to.