Uber seeking to buy self-driving cars: source
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Re: Uber seeking to buy self-driving cars: source
#2I hope they use these for more S-Class UberBlack service. I wanted to get driven in one for our anniversary but found it difficult.
Re: Uber seeking to buy self-driving cars: source
#3Mercedes/Audi/BMW taxis are common in Germany. This doesn't mean you'll be able to order your S class in NYC/SF any time soon.
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#4Mercedes/Audi/BMW taxis are common in Germany. This doesn't mean you'll be able to order your S class in NYC/SF any time soon.
And most of northern Europe
Re: Uber seeking to buy self-driving cars: source
#5Wow, I wonder what a contract like that looks like, and how many years the payments and deliveries are spread out over. Assuming a massively-discounted price of $25,000 per car, that comes to $2.5 billion!
Re: Uber seeking to buy self-driving cars: source
#6Maybe I'm missing something but that number sounds hard to believe. An S-Class in the US is $100K. Even if a stripped down "utility" version was available at $50K that's $5B worth of cars. Yes, it's a "long term" order (i.e., not paid for and delivered at once), but that seems way beyond anything even Uber would do.
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#7Wow, that's a huge amount of capital to spend upfront. Wonder if this is for their black service or more targeted in Europe.
Re: Uber seeking to buy self-driving cars: source
#8Maybe I'm missing something but that number sounds hard to believe. An S-Class in the US is $100K. Even if a stripped down "utility" version was available at $50K that's $5B worth of cars. Yes, it's a "long term" order (i.e., not paid for and delivered at once), but that seems way beyond anything even Uber would do.
Agree. Even if Uber got them at 1/2 price, let's say $60,000, the math doesn't add up. Assuming they don't do some fancy accounting and tax magic.
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#9Anyone know how this volume compares to a Mercedes dealer's volume over 5 or 10 years?
Re: Uber seeking to buy self-driving cars: source
#10Maybe I'm missing something but that number sounds hard to believe. An S-Class in the US is $100K. Even if a stripped down "utility" version was available at $50K that's $5B worth of cars. Yes, it's a "long term" order (i.e., not paid for and delivered at once), but that seems way beyond anything even Uber would do.
I'm sure there's a volume discount when you order 100,000 of anything, even an S-Class. There's also the possibility of this not entirely being a cash sale.
That is, if the report is even true.