Friday, September 2, 2016

Uber May Fade, But Will Transform Ground Transport

<p>A Volvo XC90 outfitted with experimental driverless technology from Uber R&amp;D (photo from Volvo/Uber press release)</p>Uber’s ambitions, and the expectations underpinning its valuation, extend much further: using self-driving vehicles, it wants to make ride-hailing so cheap and convenient that people forgo car ownership altogether.

Not satisfied with shaking up the $100-billion-a-year taxi business, it has its eye on the far bigger market for personal transport, worth as much as $10 trillion a year globally.

Economist article here

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