It's not even clear why self-driving is an important pursuit at this point for a company like Uber. They're going to blow through billions on this and someone else will come in with a solution that just works.

I doubt a scrappy "startup" like Uber can beat companies like Toyota, Volkswagen, GM, Google or even Apple to market with a viable, certified self-driving car. They have, at best, a few billion left to dump into that venture. Those big companies could throw in ten times that if they wanted to.

Maybe someone needs to disrupt Uber. Go Lyft!