re: Uber opens its books to bloomberg

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This makes no sense. Why would those businesses own fleets of cars? The reason they don't own them now has nothing to do with drivers. It's the logistics and capital tied up in owning those assets. What does a bar know about managing a fleet of vehicles?

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You do realize that food delivery, grocery delivery, bar's providing their own taxi service, hotel shuttle service, etc. all happen NOW right?

I'm not saying that will happen, but I am saying its an extremely good possibility. If Driverless cars make Uber's job easier, would driverless cars not make many facets of business related travel easier?

Again, Uber's current business model they do not own a fleet of vehicles. They only pay the drivers'. So how do we expect for Uber to learn how to maintain a massive fleet of vehicles while they currently own almost 0 and that project into a better business model?

ETA: I guess my point is, I would think driverless cars would help many other businesses just as much and possibly more than just the "taxi" industry where a large portion of their customers use a "taxi".

here's an example, airports. Why would airports need parking? Airports could charge a vast amount for parking, but instead offer a cheaper "driverless" car option. Why don't they do it now? I don't know, maybe its still unlikely, but there's an infinite amount of factors we don't know how driverless cars could change things.