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How does Uber come out top in that? Surely that self driving software/car makers take the rewards. Uber is just a booking platform on top. Why would Google (wit
by martinald 4y ago
How does Uber come out top in that? Surely that self driving software/car makers take the rewards. Uber is just a booking platform on top. Why would Google (with Waymo) allow Uber to book their cars, or Tesla to book their cars? They'd surely set up their own competing service to Uber and force them out of the market within months (as the prices would be so much lower).
I'd imagine the software licensing of self driving cars would be so that when you bought a self driving GM/Ford/whatever that is only for personal use and using it for taxi rides would be against the ToS. Which they could quickly catch people out on, and maybe a "taxi" version of the car costs $xxx/month more.
Unless you are suggesting that Uber actually wins the race to self driving, which I really can't see happening. Do they even have a program anymore?
- quickthrower2 4y agoI guess it depends on who is 'they' in 'their cars'? Maybe Tesla sell the cars to individuals / businesses, and now the individual wants to find a way to get some extra money from it so they rent it out via a platform. Uber already has the mindshare and the tech. Maybe Tesla just wants to sell / rent the cars and not get into the market place. Tesla could try to compete on that, but they could try right now and compete with Uber, right? It is the same thing. All that financial risk is now pushed down to individual 'franchisers'.
- potemkin_buster 4y ago> How does Uber come out top in that? Surely that self driving software/car makers take the rewards. There's a lot of variables but the car-makers are probably better positioned espcially when it comes to moving around fleets of self-driving cars and servicing them at a nationwide scale I'm guessing they may be better at dealing with the legal and regulartory issues that could emerge