Call it a gimmick or a PR stunt, Uber says the aim is to highlight the high costs of personal car ownership, as well as all the external effects on our health and the cities where we live. Uber has long advocated for fewer cars on the road — even as studies have shown that the app-based ridehailing industry has intensified traffic congestion in cities.
https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/27/24186713/uber-ditch-car-challenge-cities-rules
by ExtremeComplex
11 comments
This is playing into the general direction auto companies want to go. EVs are stage one, stage two will be that you own nothing. Self driving cars as a service. Pay as you go.
Ubers aren’t cheap in my area so I really wouldn’t be saving much if I ditched my car
theyre saying give us the money you’re spending on your plus more when you’re completely dependent on our product
Or get ebike cause it’s eco friendliness
My $170 insurance bill and no car payment are way better than 2 $30 uber rides a day thats assuming I just go to work and home instead of out recreationally.
I don’t trust them not to make it significantly more expensive than car ownership.
My WFH ass twirling my moustache right now.
Il do it. I drive a truck a living haven’t driven personal vehicle in 6 weeks anyway
Another failed business model and they dystopian vision of the robotaxi crowd is also doomed to fail
Convenience of getting in my own car to drive home after work; priceless.
Uber will pay “you” $1000…
*you must be one of 175 people chosen out of the 100 million+ users who live in the US or Canada