Motoring Discussion > Uber buying 24,000 driverless Volvo's. Miscellaneous
Thread Author: Old Navy Replies: 11
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New Mon 20 Nov 17 17:21 
 Uber buying 24,000 driverless Volvo's. - Old Navy

news.sky.com/story/uber-to-buy-24000-driverless-cars-from-volvo-11135880
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New Mon 20 Nov 17 20:15 
 Uber buying 24,000 driverless Volvo's. - movilogo
... and some other manufacturer still can't offer adaptive cruise control in £30k+ cars!
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New Mon 20 Nov 17 20:19 
 Uber buying 24,000 driverless Volvo's. - Zero
So they seriously think that some city taxi licensing authority is going to ok driverless cabs in the next 4 years? Yeah right

This is being used as a threat to drivers, nothing more
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New Mon 20 Nov 17 20:55 
 Uber buying 24,000 driverless Volvo's. - Manatee
This is bringing out my Luddite tendencies.
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New Mon 20 Nov 17 21:08 
 Uber buying 24,000 driverless Volvo's. - zippy
24,000 x say £30,000 each would be £720,000,000.

Uber are loss making. I doubt it will ever happen.
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New Mon 20 Nov 17 21:20 
 Uber buying 24,000 driverless Volvo's. - R.P.
"Non binding, non exclusive" Specific phrases.
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New Mon 20 Nov 17 21:39 
 Uber buying 24,000 driverless Volvo's. - No FM2R
You missed "to buy up to 24,000" i.e. 24,000 is the maximum.
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New Mon 20 Nov 17 21:40 
 Uber buying 24,000 driverless Volvo's. - No FM2R
>> 24,000 x say £30,000 each would be £720,000,000.
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>> Uber are loss making. I doubt it will ever happen.


And currently worth $50bn.

EDIT: Let me change that if the Edit will let me: *valued at* $50bn
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New Tue 21 Nov 17 09:32 
 Uber buying 24,000 driverless Volvo's. - Cliff Pope
Volvo drivers!
Arrogant, think they own the road, park carelessly, never stop for pedestrians. Women are the worst!
:)
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New Tue 21 Nov 17 10:31 
 Uber buying 24,000 driverless Volvo's. - VxFan
Somehow I don't think you'll be getting a Pat on the back for those views Cliff

;)
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New Tue 21 Nov 17 11:14 
 Uber buying 24,000 driverless Volvo's. - Boxsterboy
The interesting bit in the Uber statement was how their model doesn't really work if they need to employ drivers!
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New Tue 21 Nov 17 11:34 
 Uber buying 24,000 driverless Volvo's. - Pat
I don't care! I sit there like Lady Muck on my lovely heated seat, with my hands on my heated steering wheel while my windows defrost themselves.

I pull up and tell it to parallel park and it does, it stops for pedestrians even if I haven't seen them, it keeps within the white lines and mysteriously my phone talks to me from the dashboard, it books in for a service all by itself and asks me when I want it but best of all....it plays a Nuns Chorus whenever I get close to anything:)

I've driven some knackered old yard shunters, some useless old grey tractors and a wide selection of bangers in my time and now I don't have to do anything!

Pat
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