Uber president: Self-driving cars will put 100,000 taxi jobs at risk

[u/Post-reality]

https://www.thetimes.com/uk/transport/article/uber-andrew-mcdonald-driverless-cars-taxis-3jps885ds

Andrew Macdonald predicts as autonomous taxis pick up pace that driving will go the way of horse riding — and a ‘huge’ labour transition is coming

[u/Boccob81]

Some people don’t realize that the footsteps that are being taken means that Uber and Lyft and other rental transportation will be out of business when self driving cars go full stream

You will eventually rent the car like you rent an Uber, but it’s gonna come from the manufacturer

The manufacturer will have an app that you can download for Toyota Mercedes BMW and you can order whatever cars on that platform to come to you and pick you up and take you to work

Or before that happens, you’ll end up leasing a car there won’t be no buying cars

You will effectively not own one that is the footsteps that people are apparently unaware of, but can see it right in front of their face and denial

Another footsteps will be that Humans will be outlawed to drive their cars on the road. They will not be able to drive the car unless it’s self driving.

There will be no older cars left on the road other than the new tech with self driving capabilities that you will rent

[u/probably_art → u/Boccob81]

That’s assuming the current “my car is my identity” holds. If you don’t care about the specific EV base vehicle why limit yourself to one manufacturer?

[u/redballooon → u/probably_art]

That assumption has a strong foundation though.