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Will they own those cars? Today, they rely on driver's providing their own cars. What will be the capital costs of purchasing and maintaining the autonomous fle
by moorhosj 7y ago
Will they own those cars? Today, they rely on driver's providing their own cars. What will be the capital costs of purchasing and maintaining the autonomous fleet?
- username223 7y agoThis is the part I don't get. Right now they rely on their employees to buy, maintain, and depreciate their own cars. The natural next step would be to let people lend their cars to Uber/Lyft when not in use. But they're sinking tons of money into self-driving, which means they would bear the costs of buying and maintaining their fleet. That's a completely different business model, and seems like a tough pivot. And as mentioned elsewhere in this thread, other companies are better-positioned to do this, with better manufacturing, more sensor data, more experience, or all of the above.