> for self-driving, to be delivered from 2019 to 2021 I've believed for years that Uber was effectively a self-driving car company which rolled the dice on bui

> for self-driving, to be delivered from 2019 to 2021 I've believed for years that Uber was effectively a self-driving car company which rolled the dice on building an international userbase ahead of time, hoping to be first to market when the tech finally reached market. I can't even say if it's purposeful, but it's certainly true that recapturing half of their driver payments (the other half going to capital and maintenance costs) would drastically change their financial situation. But at this point, it doesn't look like they'll ever get to take a shot at that position; it'll go to Lyft, Fasten, or some other second-mover which spent less money and ran fewer risks.