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Weren’t they trying to do their own self-driving thing? I think this is partly a problem with companies that have had heavy investment. Uber’s value isn’t base
by bee_rider 5mo ago
Weren’t they trying to do their own self-driving thing?
I think this is partly a problem with companies that have had heavy investment. Uber’s value isn’t based on what they are doing, it is based on the idea that they are going to render ideas like owning your own car or taking public transit obsolete (I mean that’s an exaggeration but less of one than it ought to be).
- SoftTalker 5mo agoAFAIK they gave up on doing self-driving themselves a while ago. I'm sure they are still hoping to be able to get rid of human drivers somehow.
- trollbridge 5mo agoIf they didn’t have human drivers, they’d have one less human to exploit per ride.
- SoftTalker 5mo agoThat's true, I guess possibly they figured out that humans using their own vehicles turn out to be cheaper than contracting or owning self-driving vehicles.
- trollbridge 5mo agoUber is regularly offering 50¢/mile trips now (which they charge significantly more than that to the rider for). There's no way an autonomous vehicle is going to get operating costs that low anytime soon.
- gottorf 5mo agoConsidering the IRS mileage rate is 72.5 cents per mile, sounds like there's no way any kind of vehicle is going to get operating costs that low!
- redwall_hp 5mo agoThey shut it down after they killed a pedestrian. (They also got sued by Waymo for illegally acquiring trade secrets, and settled.) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Elaine_Herzberg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Elaine_Herzberg