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daniel September 23, 2017 BMW, Didi London, Didi UK, General Motors (NYSE: GMC), Go Uber Go, Lyft, Lyft London, Lyft UK, Maven London, Sidecar, Transport for London, Uber alternative, Uber Brexit, Uber has suffered one of its greatest defeats ever, Uber Sucks, Uber thing is worse than Brexit, Who will Buy Uber?

Uber Thrown out of London

News stories did not say how Uber’s new CEO Dara Khosrowshahi will react to the situation. Although he certainly has his work cut out for him, a major job for Khosrowshahi will be to figure out a way to get rid of former Uber CEO Travis Kalanick and his sleazy associates.

Uber survived failure in China, but the debacle in the UK might be too much. One thing is clear, Uber will no longer be the world’s most valuable unicorn.

Market Insanity

daniel May 21, 2015January 23, 2016 Auto Insurance, Income Ineqality, Lyft, Networked Transportation Companies, Ride Sharing, Sidecar, Ube, Uber, Uber Banned, Uber Cars Confiscated, Uber gouges Driver, Uber Sucks, Zipcar

Former Uber CFO Admitted the Only Way the Company Can Make Money Is to Gouge Drivers

Instead of being the cutting edge in transportation, Uber might go down in the history books as the Enron of the 2010s. Remember, Enron, like Uber, was supposed to be run by The Smartest Guys in the Room.

Market Insanity

daniel May 8, 2015March 11, 2016 Avis Budget, FlightCar, FlightCar is Dumb, Hertz, Lyft, Rental Cars, Sidecar, Uber, Uber Banned, Uber Cars Confiscated, Uber Cars Towed, Uber Future, Uber Illegal, Uber Technologies Inc., Zipcar

Uber Is Not a Threat to Car Rental Companies

News stories prove that the reports of the car rental industry’s demise are greatly exaggerated. It is Uber and its ilk that are fighting for survival, not Avis-Budget, Hertz and Enterprise.

Market Insanity

daniel April 17, 2015March 28, 2016 Avis, Benjamin Graham, Disruptive Technology, GOOG, Google, Google Car, Hertz, Lyft, Mr. Market, Mr. Money Mustache, PayPal, Ridesharing Apps, Self-Driving Car, Sidecar, Uber, Zipcar

Uber Banned Again

We need to ask ourselves what sort of future companies like Uber have. If they cannot comply with a few basic regulations and make money, then their business model is not viable. Perhaps it is time we scrapped this ridesharing concept or took it back to the drawing board.

Long Ideas

daniel January 17, 2015January 17, 2015 Disruptive Technology, Electric Cars, Elon Musk, F, Ford, General Motor, Giga Factory, GM, GOOG, Google, Lyft, New Source of Electricity, Plug Power, Sidecar, Super Chargers, Tesla, Tesla Motors, Toyota, TSLA, Uber, Warren Buffett

GM’s Chevy Bolt the First Car Built for Ride Sharing

That means GM will have to get the base price of an electric vehicle down to around $25,000 to be competitive in the ridesharing market. If it did that, General Motors could become the market leader based on fuel economy alone.