[rdouble]

He has the ability to sell cities a whole electric cab platform, with hailing and payment system built right into the car itself.

[jevanish]

and who has the logistics technology and user base to power that? Uber.

[rdouble]

Sure, but it's more like Tesla would buy Uber, not Uber would rocafella out and buy Tesla, along with the roads. Plus, outside of SF, Uber isn't really taking off.

[jevanish]

Joint venture? They both have what the other needs. And $125Million in revenue says Uber is taking off in more than SF.

[rdouble]

$125M means they have 1/4 the SF Taxi market revenue.

[jevanish]

Do you have a source for that? I tried googling and couldn't find a solid number on Taxi revenues by city.

[zaidf]

Uber will never have the user base unless their pricing matches the price for a normal cab ride.

[jordanthoms]

It already does in SF.

[ajju]

Except for when it surges 2x, which is most weekends - when you are most likely to want a ride.