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by nabla9 2755 days ago
> This is a disruptive technology that's going to see major adoption in every city across the entire planet.

Disruptive pioneer is not necessarily good investment even if the base idea is solid.

In the Dot-com bubble (1995-2000) many companies with good ideas eventually failed. There were several online book retailers, web search companies and online shopping sites, even online food delivery services. They were highly valued, but most of them went bankrupt. Amazon two Google survived (It took over decade for Amazon's stock valuation to recover).

We have now transportation boom. When the boom goes bust and regression hits, most run out of money and go bankrupt.