[fragmede]

> How far off/difficult would it be for Tesla to create their own ride sharing app?

Tesla's suburban HQ in the hills may be less appropriate (due to lack of density), or possibly more (easier to drive in suburbia vs the city), but at least one other manufacturer - Cruise, now owned by GM, is running internal trials, with hopes of opening it up soon.

https://readwrite.com/2017/08/10/cruise-self-driving-app/

[pwaai]

so not very difficult and not far off either it seems. It must've been an existential crisis for Uber to go as far as try and steal it from Waymo, allegedly. It seems they underestimated just how difficult and expensive it can be....perhaps that $2 billion dollar burn rate could've been allocated better.