> self-driving R&D, which is honestly well outside of their current business
According to the CEO, self-driving cars are "existential" to Uber's success. They may need something that disruptive to meet the company's sky high valuation.
as far as it goes for "world domination" I've read before that Uber's plan is to make everyone's (self-driving car) a money making machine for Uber and the car owner.
You go to work at 9am and while at work 9.01am to 4.59pm your car drives around making you both money. The same applies for when you return home 6.01pm to 8am the next day.
No drivers, only Auto-bots ;) and paying customers!
(makes me wonder how much Insurance companies will be making from this setup)(and if they are ready/preparing their numbers for this type of business)
It wouldn't be too hard for them to throw in a cleaning mechanism in there somehow.
If you find the car filthy, I'm sure a customer would too, so it's in their interest to fix it and I'm sure it's even easy to automate the cleaning process :-)
According to the CEO, self-driving cars are "existential" to Uber's success. They may need something that disruptive to meet the company's sky high valuation.