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It's way easier for Tesla to start an self driving fleet with an App than Uber to get into car manufacturing. Lyft partners with GM that acquired Cruise and th
by nojvek 10y ago
It's way easier for Tesla to start an self driving fleet with an App than Uber to get into car manufacturing.
Lyft partners with GM that acquired Cruise and their tech is solid. They are making cars will all the sensors built in, not add-ons like Uber.
Also Uber is losing a shit ton of money. Tesla is not profitable but doesn't bleed that much money.
Depending on how Waymo vs Uber goes, Uber may have to shut down their self driving car program temporarily. Stealing 40,000 files is ridiculous.
Add that to fact that they didn't get a proper licence so they don't have to report crashes and their self driving car crashed pretty bad.
Uber is a risky bet.
- sebleon 10y agoThose are interesting points! Regarding autonomous car technology, since there's so many people working on it, it seems like it may get commoditized soon. If that's the case, being an OEM that supplies the car sharing networks seems like a low margin business, owning the customer relationship is likely to be more profitable. the operational chops to run an efficient fleet might be in shorter supply... right, uber might have to shutdown its autonomous car program, or it may just settle with google and move on with life... Uber has a proper license to run in sf again Uber is absolutely a risky bet. But if they succeed, they may eclipse the car ownership market and get 10x bigger