Re:Disrupting Uber
by Spooky23 on Tuesday August 02, 2016 @12:34PM
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No, it's about liability and risk. Uber is amazing, but offloads lots of risk and capital expense to the saps^H drivers and their judgement.
I associate self-driving Ubers with unicorns and flying carpets not because of self-driving car technology, but because of the total shift in business model for a future Uber.
Self driving cabs require, at a minimum:
- Owning or leasing capital assets (robot cars)
- Maintenance (from mechanical repair to removing puke and vandalism)
- Provide local infrastructure for them (real estate for storage, maintenance and charging)
- Own liability for all of the various mishaps that will naturally happen. (accidents, human-prompted mischief or criminal acts (Uber drive by shootings, prostitution, narcotics transport, etc)
I associate self-driving Ubers with unicorns and flying carpets not because of self-driving car technology, but because of the total shift in business model for a future Uber.
Self driving cabs require, at a minimum:
- Owning or leasing capital assets (robot cars)
- Maintenance (from mechanical repair to removing puke and vandalism)
- Provide local infrastructure for them (real estate for storage, maintenance and charging)
- Own liability for all of the various mishaps that will naturally happen. (accidents, human-prompted mischief or criminal acts (Uber drive by shootings, prostitution, narcotics transport, etc)