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> self-driving R&D, which is honestly well outside of their current business According to the CEO, self-driving cars are "existential" to Uber's success. They

• HenryBemis 10y ago
  as far as it goes for "world domination" I've read before that Uber's plan is to make everyone's (self-driving car) a money making machine for Uber and the car owner. You go to work at 9am and while at work 9.01am to 4.59pm your car drives around making you both money. The same applies for when you return home 6.01pm to 8am the next day. No drivers, only Auto-bots ;) and paying customers! (makes me wonder how much Insurance companies will be making from this setup)(and if they are ready/preparing their numbers for this type of business)
  • corobo 10y ago
    I can only imagine how filthy your car would be when it gets back to you at 5pm. I don't want to imagine what it'd be like at 8am after giving lifts to people coming home after a night out
    • thecrazyone 10y ago
      It wouldn't be too hard for them to throw in a cleaning mechanism in there somehow. If you find the car filthy, I'm sure a customer would too, so it's in their interest to fix it and I'm sure it's even easy to automate the cleaning process :-)