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Uber's Bigger Plan - Selling stuff, renting bikes and cars, and pretty much everything else.

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SmittenKitten
2098 Rider
 Posted 6 years, 5 months ago

Uber wants to be the app that connects people to all types of transportation, not just car rides. CEO Dara Khosrowshahi says customers will be able to buy public transit tickets and rent a car in Uber’s app. This signals the next big step in Uber’s evolution into a broader transportation platform — the company wants to own a piece of every trip that happens in cities, from e-bikes to public transit, even if it’s not an Uber-operated service.

https://www.recode.net/2018/4/11/17223896/uber-transportation-getaround-public-transit-tickets-cities

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    jcgreen79
    174 Rider
     6 years ago

    What the heck are e-bikes.  Electronic bicycles dont' seem that helpful to me.  not even amusing

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    JBurd
    184 Rider
     6 years ago

    I thought we all knew this.  Not a revelation, right?  They always dropped hints that they aren't a transportation company but a technoogy company that acts the conduit for everything