> Additionally, with a Lyft acquisition, Amazon would acquire yet another interesting asset, Detroja notes: Lyft's self-driving technology, which highlights an

> Additionally, with a Lyft acquisition, Amazon would acquire yet another interesting asset, Detroja notes: Lyft's self-driving technology, which highlights an area that Amazon has expressed growing interest in over the past year. This is the bit of the article that makes the most sense. Amazon is already a large player in several different technology market, but hasn't got publicly visible investment into self driving vehicle, that would help with their current trend of automating warehouse/distribution center. I think the author is a bit mislead with the whole gig economy.