Re:Toyota Investing $500M in Uber in Driverless Car Pact
by MBCook on Monday August 27, 2018 @04:36PM
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Is it really larger than expected? Or could it simply be a reflection of how popular Toyota cars are in general?
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Re:Toyota Investing $500M in Uber in Driverless Car Pact
by karthikb on Monday August 27, 2018 @04:47PM
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Toyota has an existing partnership with Uber for leases to drivers.
If Uber's thesis - that app-hailing will supplant car ownership - is correct, then car manufacturers have an incentive to either create their own hailing networks or partner with existing ones.