Self-driving cars

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More profound is the approach of autonomous vehicles, because once the car doesn't need a driver, century-old design constraints disappear. Imagine a car interior that doesn't need a steering wheel, or windshield, or windows, or forward-facing seats. Imagine the possible interior layouts (mobile restaurant, art installation, party lounge, nap pod) when a car is not owned by a single person, but rather shared and engaged only when it is needed, and made relevant to the task at hand.

How Self-Driving and Electric Tech Will Change Life Inside the Car | WIRED

If Uber is to thrive in the future, Kalanick has said, it must master self-driving cars. Any competitor that tosses paid human drivers could undercut Uber's service with cheaper rides. But for Uber to get there first—or at all—it needs help. It needs partners. “The thing about the autonomous car is that it’s an ecosystem that’s going to make it,” says Evan Rawley, who studies competitive strategy and organization at Columbia Business School. As self-driving tech approaches market readiness, the various players have rushed to join forces. Someone builds the vehicle, someone constructs the sensors, someone writes the software, someone runs the dispatch system that actually picks up the riders. Lyft and Waymo; Waymo and Honda; Autoliv and Volvo; Delphi and BMW and Intel and Mobileye; Lyft and Jaguar Land Rover; Lyft and GM..

Uber's Culture Problems Could Sink Its Self-Driving Car Future | WIRED